This week’s question: A Harvard study of ancient and modern human DNA has found that Homo sapiens are still evolving, and that natural selection seems to favor the red hair gene. If a researcher were to write a scientific paper explaining the evolutionary triumph of redheads, what should it be titled?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: “The Scarlet Better”
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Joe Malone, Cohoes, N.Y.
SECOND PLACE: “The Red Planet”
Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: “Fire and Reign”
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Crimson Tide”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
“Better Red Than Dead”
Sarah Medley, Arlington, Va.
“Red Dawn”
Kevin McDonnell, Harriman N.Y.
“Ginger Bred”
Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.
“The Orange Revolution”
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.
“Better Off Red”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
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