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Basics of what i will say
White skin: Origin mid east with early Caucasins 60,000-80,000ybp. Became dominte in Europeans ancestors wither while still in the mid east probably over 50,000ybp or while in Europe 60,000-20,000ybp. It would not have randomly spread across Europe when it was already heavily populated for thousends of years like some have said. It comes from the founding population of all Europeans which aust dna tests have found that spread acroos europe when Europe was not populated by Humans or those humans bloodlines are extinct. So Europeans ancestors have been white skinned in my opinon from anywhere from 20,000-60,000 years.
Fair hair: For fair hair so blonde and blonde brown hair mixes. It seems it was probably more popular in Europe before farming spread starting 10,000ybp. and may have been the most popular hair color in Europeans before farming spread. It either originated in Europe well over 20,000ybp or in the mid east 60,000-80,000ybp.
light eyes: since the ancestral alle and derived alle percentages for blue eyes is diff in Europeans and mid easterns. And that they are somewhat popular in mid east groups like Assyrians who in aust dna show no traces of European blood. They all most likely originate din the mid east 60,000-80,000ybp. and became more popular in Europeans ancestor's possible because of Europe's climate.
red hair: Origins of Red hair. Since it exists in Samartians of Palestine who show no traces of European blood in aust dna there have been tests on all 700. It most likely originated in the mid east 60,000-80,000ybp. as it probably first went over 1% around Russia 10,000-20,000ybp, Then as Indo European languages began around that area. Spread to west Europe with Germanic Italo celtic languages starting 5,000ybp and R1b L51 and R1b L11. Red hair also existed in proto Indo Iranian speakers.
I think the reason why Europeans became so pale even though the genes for their paleness exists in all Caucasians so mid easterns, north Africans, and north Indians is because of climate. The Paleness of Europeans in a way tell a story of the cold and dark climate Europeans ancestors had to find a way to adapt too.
Since the genes associated with European pale skin are almost as popular in all other Caucasians mid easterns, north Africans, and north Indians. There are also some mid eastern ethnic groups with just about as pale skin as Europeans. With little to no traces of strong European blood in aust DNA defintley not more than dark skinned people in the mid east. Some exaples are Georgians, Samartians, and Druze.
If u dont believe me there are mid easterns as pale as Europeans here are some examples. I guess u can say a cherry picked.
Also red hair does exist in Samartiens of Palestine. Even though on their was a globe13 aust dna test of all 700. All had 0% of Paleolithic-Mesolithic European group called North Euro. Which is the only aust group to originate in Europe and defines Europeans as separate from other Caucasians. So really no traces of European blood.
Samaritan redhead boy during Passover. click here for Origin of red hair.
There is no doubt that the genes associated with European pale skin originated with early Caucasians in the mid east 60,000-80,000ybp. For red hair it also most likely originated in the mid east with early Caucasians 60,000-80,000ybp. If u dont think red hair can survive in the mid east for that long because of how recessive it is u are wrong. Because the proto Indo iranian speakers who migrated out of northern Russia starting 5,000ybp. and spread throughout all of central asia and from iran-india from 5,000-3,00ybp. They had over 1% red hair my explanations are on the link of origin of red hair. and Where proto Indo Iranian speakers ancestry originate. I also show in those links red hair still pops up in Indo iranian speaking ethnic groups after 3,500 years such as Kalash in Pakistan, Pashuten in Afghanistan, Kurds in iraq, Syria, Iran, and Turkey. So red hair defintley could survive in the mid east for 60,000-80,000 years Samaritan redheads are evidence of that.
For blue eyes which distributions is connected with all non brown eye colors meaning they may have all originated together. Click here the percentage of the ancestral alle and derived alle of blue eyes is different in Europeans and mid easterns. Showing mid eastern blue eyes which are more popular than u would think don't come from European inter marriage. One of the groups they showed in the mid east were Assyrians. Who in the globe13 test like Samaritans showed no traces of European blood.
For blonde hair i don't really know if there are any blondes in the mid east or in any other Caucasians but Europeans. Blonde hair from just looking at it seem to be connected with brown hair. Since u can have light brown and many blondes who have traces of brown hair. It may just be a lighter version of brown hair but i have no knowledge of how the genes work so i don't know. Orignalley all humans had black hair but brown hair only exists in Caucasians probably originate din the mid east with early Caucasians 60,000-80,000ybp. It is very popular throughout Europe, mid east, and north Africa it has less pigmentation than black hair so it is paler. I have heard of some rare cases of brown hair in Japanese and Native Americans but probably caused by diff genes so it has a diff origin. I have showed on this thread how blonde probably was more popular in Europe before the spread of farming starting 10,000ybp and may have ven been the main hair color of Europeans over 10,000ybp. I would think blonde hair originated in Europe well over 20,000ybp or mid east with early Caucasians 60,000-80,000ybp.
So overall European white skin, red hair, and light eyes most likely first appeared in early Caucasians in the mid east 60,000-80,000ybp. For blonde hair and all brown hair blonde hair mixes either orignated in Europe well over 20,000ybp or in the mid east with early Caucasians 60,000-80,000ybp.
It is hard to say when those genes became popular and dominate in Europeans ancestors. For pale skin since i showed how some mid eastern ethnic groups are about as pale as Europeans and the genes associated with European pale skin are just about as popular in other Caucasians mid east, north Africa, and northern India. There is a chance when Europeans ancestors arrived in Europe 30,000-60,000ybp that they were already white skinned. But if they were not looking at Genetics and spread of diff ethnic groups and languages families and all that other stuff in Europe. Europe has deifntley been white skinned for well over 10,000 years. At the very least i would say 20,000 years. Pale skinned i dont think could have just randomly spread acroos Europe like some have theorized. Because then u are talking about one pale skinned people genetically replacing the rest of europe that is the only way. Everyone in a contient cant randomly start to be aple skinned why would pale skin keep winning and spreading. It would have been in the founding population of all Europeans that then spread acroos Europe which was not populated yet or the populations that did live there like Neanderthals bloodline is extinct.
In globe13 aust DNa the only trace of a group that originated in Europe probably 30,000ybp or more. Is called North Euro it is called that because it is most popular there but is spread out in all of Europe. Europeans before farming spread were like Native Americans very genetically isolated. They all would have been 100% of the group North Euro. So they are deifntley the source of European populations being all pale skinned. There are no other traces of people in Europe over 10,000ybp. So when this group spread acroos Europe and they either were the only people there or for some reason the other humans there died out. I think Europeans founding populations 30,000-60,000ybp would have been white skinned.
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