A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the World when she died, appears have a rare mutations in her DNA. Her age was 115.  She decided to donate her body to science…since then scientists have been able to study her brain tissue.  They have come to  the conclusion that she showed no signs of Dementia.  When she was 113, she tested as having the memory of a 60-75 year old women.  She attributed her health to: Not smoking, limiting alcohol intake and eating lots of Herring!

Six years after her death, she has also been the oldest person to have her complete genetic sequence mapped out. For privacy reasons her bodies name is W115.  Scientists have not released the name of the gene mutation that is suspected to be the reason for her longevity.

According to scientists at the independent institute in England, which studies all sorts of hair problems, is that just 4 percent of the world’s population carries the red-hair gene. The gene is recessive and therefore diluted when carriers produce children with people who have the dominant brown-hair gene.

Red hair is found in all ethnic backgrounds but is most commonly associated with people of Celtic descent.

If predictions by the Oxford Hair Foundation are right, the number of natural redheads everywhere will continue to dwindle until there are none left by the year 2100.

Research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.More recent research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago & is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.

One in every thousand people out there, mostly girls, have thumbs that resemble the big toe of a foot. Some have two toe thumbs, others have just one.