The "racial characteristics" of fair skin and red hair in humans appears to be the genetic legacy of Neanderthal Man. Many human Homo Sapiens have some Neanderthal DNA and in Europeans it is as much as 5% of the DNA Genome is inherited from Neanderthal Man. Red hair and fair skin appears to be inherited from Neanderthal man by ancient interbreeding.
So in a way you could say that: "Europeans are the last of the Neanderthals"
Despite the pejorative interpretation of this statement, it may actually be an advantage.
For example: Popular wisdom holds that interbred "mixed breed" dogs tend to be healthier with a better disposition, that pure bred dogs.
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William Schaeffer
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