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Does anyone know why eastern people have slanting eyes?

Dingowacker Thurs 03/07/08 16:49

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Ethel
Thurs 03/07/08
17:42

They don't

Although they may seem to, the eyes of Chinese, Japanese,
and other Orientals do not slant; they are, in fact, closer
to the horizontal than those of non-Orientals. The *effect*
is produced by a low nose bridge and the Mongolian, or
epicanthic, fold of the upper eyelid --- one of the very few
genuine "racial" characteristics, incidentally. Children of
Caucasian parents often show the apparent Mongolian slant
until the nasal bridge develops.

Clanad
Thurs 03/07/08
23:44

Along with Ethel's apodictic description of the epithantic fold is a layer of fat along the upper eyelid as well... another adaptive feature from Siberia...

Velvetee
Fri 04/07/08
23:08

By the same token, you could ask why do Anglo Saxons have thin lips!

greyark
Sun 06/07/08
02:53

Well answered ethel

smurfchops
Sun 06/07/08
21:20

Ethel how come you know everything ?? Have you ever been on any quiz shows, you would win them all!! :)

boogieboogie
Mon 07/07/08
19:35

I had a very good chinese friend who said that chinese eyes are designed perfectly for their place on earth in relation to the envirnoment ie: originating in Siberia the slant of the eyes protected from the glare of the show, the sun and the dust.
There is also a theory about diet rice and amino acids and proteins that shaped them this way.

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