Why is black the most prominent haircolor?

Question

Take a look at all of the people in China, Japan, India, Iran, Iraq, Africa , Mexico and they all pretty much have black hair . Anyone who is not white has black hair . I wonder why ? Is that just the way God created humanity?

Answer 1

Not true about the non-white thing.
I'm mixed, and my hair is naturally red.

Answer 2

It's genetics. But to explain the answer of genetics, we would have to go to the origin of history.

When utilizing the term "white", that would refer directly to Europeans which since all Caucasian ethnicities came directly from Europe as ways of evolution starting with the Australopithecus africans to the Homo sapiens that we are today.

Charles Darwon's theory of evolution. Organisms evolve depending on the particular circumstances of the environment in which they are situated in.

Europe, simply put, is COLD. It was even colder millions of years ago before global warming had begun to so drastically affect Earth as a whole. Europe back then was completely blanketed with snow. Because of the absence of sunlight and the cold climate, the presence of melanin was not needed.

Melanin is the pigment found in particular ethnicities' skin which appears to the naked eye as a dark color. Melanin helps protect the skin against harsh sunlight. With the absence of melanin in the skin, the hair itself begins to take on the same absence of color. In order to better camouflage with the environment which was back then nearly completely blanketed by snow, the hair of European Homo sapiens discolored.

Then you compare with the other ethnicities who have the characteristic of dark hair. Africans, for example, have abundant melanin in their skin and their hair, which is dark and unruly, actually at first was due to better to allow sweat from the scalp to dissipate. This might sound ridiculous, but the natural afro hairstyles actually allows a quick evaporation of sweat with the very porous-like effect it indicates. The black color is to absorb the heat from the sun, since the color black is an "all-color", absorbing all light refractions and therefore capturing all heat.

Of course, the question of Asians needs to be answered. Especially Pacific Asians. Pacific Asians like the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and the Taiwanese have dark hair but no afros. This is because with the movement of immigration of the Neanderthals across the Bering Strait as they travelled from continent to continent eras ago, obviously evolution begins to take toll on different groups as generations and generations pass. However, the color of black still retains because the pigment iself is transcendental and appears to be so for a very long time. The quality of the hair is an altogether fast component of evolution.

This could also explain which Europeans have finer hair.

However, Pacific Asians already are quite differentiated from Africans. Their hair is no longer as black as it once was; it is more of a really dark brown. It even appears reddish brownish gold if the sunlight hits at exactly the correct angle. The evidence? I'm Pacific Asian. I know my hair.

However, dark color hair IS the dominant allele in genetics. It dominates light-colored hair. That's why some Europeans still have dark hair, like a fraction of Italians. In terms of genetics, dark-colored hair is given a capital letter while light-colored hair is given a lowercase letter.

Hope this clears up some things for you. =)

Answer 3

Shannon doherty, the actress, is white. Well, she's irish, but she has black hair, and light eyes. Like everybody above me says, it's a dominant gene.

Answer 4

I think it has to do with the color pigmentation that people got form dna and there surroundings. I'm not going to lean towards a specific religion cuz sium ppl don't believe in god.

Answer 5

blonde hair, and blue eyes are recessive and the more dominant gene that carries brown hair and brown eyes usually wins over the less dominant gene..

Answer 6

genetics....darker hair colors are considered dominant genes, whereas, lighter hair colors are considered recessive genes. go to www.ask.com and find more info there or go to a free internet encyclopedia for further genetics info.

Answer 7

Black must be a Dominant gene...- Either that, or God prefers brunettes! :)

Answer 8

Because they have more melanin, which affects skin colour and hair colour. HTH : )

Answer 9

just look at the ethnic diversities in the world an that will give you the answer.

Answer 10

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