Neanderthals and Europeans

[Chisti]

This is interesting.
European Neanderthals had ginger hair and freckles - Telegraph

 

[Panda]

Ahh so that explains ginger people

Seriously though this is quite interesting.

 

[Oneatatime]

After analysing the fossil bones found in a cave in north-west Spain, the experts concluded they had human blood group "O" and were genetically more likely to be fair skinned, perhaps even with freckles, have red or ginger hair and could talk.

The report, published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, concludes that: "These results suggest the genetic change responsible for the O blood group in humans predates the human and Neanderthal divergence" but came "after humans separated from their common ancestor ... chimpanzees."

Looks like our common ancestor could have been ginger with freckles rather than us aquiring it later through sex which is the general insinuation or claim.