[Bridie]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

Did he say that or is it your own interpretation of what he might have thought of it? The theory is about sexual selection, it doesn't say brown-haired women are ugly if not blonde. Fair hair would have made them more catchy to the eyes of men.

How women evolved blond hair to win cavemen's hearts - Science, News - Independent.co.uk

You're thinking of a different theory altogether there Weggsy. Dienekes' theory (and Mynydd's too, I suppose) goes something like this...

Southern European women have evolved more beautiful faces than Northern European women because most often the rates of blonde haired women in these Southern areas is very low, and blonde hair basically "hides" facial unattractiveness and flaws. (Apparently, one's face becomes "less visible" when one has fair hair. ) So we have a situation where women with ugly faces are being selected as sexual partners more often in areas where many women have blonde hair... yet in areas where most women are dark haired, only the most facially beautiful women are being selected. (Because, the theory goes, if you have dark hair your face is more visible and flaws can be noticed.)

Thus, dark haired populations become better and better looking with time, while blonde haired ones become uglier and uglier, or at least stay as ugly as they originally were.

Funny, when I was first reading Dienekes laughable and totally unscientific theory I had visions of myself trying to sneak into places that I wasn't allowed to go, under the protection of my amaaaaaaaaazing veil of invisibility!!!! Bwahahahaha!!!! (Being my blonde hair of course). Unfortunately, I think this will only ever be a sweet dream because in real life it seems that people can still see me... even with blonde hair...