>I remember having read an article with more or less same content back in 1966 or so. The trouble with this sort of stuff is that news happen when they happen, and the newspaper has to be published every day, news or no news. So there's always a bunch of recyclable things - maybe ten others like me remember it after such a long time, and we surely don't affect the sales.
They need news - yes, that may be an even better explanation of some kind of news.
With respect to the gene pool - in a large population, the percentage of each type of gene (for instance, blond vs. black) tends to remain fairly constant, unless circumstances favor a certain trait. This is independent of whether the gene is recessive or dominant.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)