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Archaeological News: Blonde hair evolved more than once
Does evolution have a soft spot for blondes? About 5–10% of people from Melanesia, a group of islands northeast of Australia, have naturally blonde hair — the highest prevalence outside Europe. Yet people from the region have the darkest skin pigmentation outside Africa.
Now, a study of…
Tolai Dukduk/Tubuan (Tumbuan) Papua New Guinea by Rita Willaert on Flickr.
Tumbuan dance.
Duk-Duk is a secret society, part of the traditional culture of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, in the South Pacific.
Papua New Guinea - nose ring by Eric Lafforgue on Flickr.
Papua New Guinea , Highlands, Mount Hagen festival singsing
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