This week we are talking about something V personal... RED HEADS! I love being a red head but lets discuss what causes red hair and the genetic makeup of someone with red hair. Also Red Heads are basically superhero's because I swear we do not feel pain, like seriously. So I guess the real question becomes are we freaks of nature or just really frickin cool?! For more Sidenote Podcast episodes: http://sidenotepodcast.com/ Sources: https://sapienjournal.org/monkeys-like-humans-choke-under-pressure/ https://www.pnas.org/node/995984.abstract?collection= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair#Geographic_distribution https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/study-finds-link-between-red-hair-pain-threshold https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692342/ https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/stem-in-context/chemistry-redheads https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/articles/gene-vs-allele-definition-difference-and-comparison-331835