Why are asian eyes so thin?
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Asian eyes are "thin" due to fatty deposits under the upper and lower eyelids.  They evolved this way because the Asian winters are bitterly cold and thus the fat helps to insulate the eyeball.  Aboriginal Americans are thought to have cross over from Asia on a land bridge in the Bering Straits therefore Amerinds also exhibit this trait.
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hi, I liked your question and I look it up! this is what I found on answers.com:\nPeople with very dark brown irises may appear to have black eyes. This is fairly common in people of African, Asian and, to a lesser extent, Native American descent. \n:)
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Koreans tend to have sharper features than japanese, higher cheekbones, and are less likely to have epicanthic folds than Japanese. Also, they tend to have 'flatter' faces than Japanese.  Women also use earth tones - browns - and Japanese women tend to use reds (in lipstick and makeup).  Also, generally korean women tend to be taller, with sharper, more triangular heads - sharp chins, high cheekbones, sharper eyes.  Chinese look different depending on if their ancestry is from northern china or southern china - southern chinese tend to be smaller, browner, and have more rounded features. My fuzzy logic and heuristics work well enough to usually get it right though. When in doubt, listen to the accent. And this only goes for people born and raised in their respective countries.  American born asians get a look all thier own.
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its because the asian race tends to be more succeful then white people... and so we feel intimidated by you. dont take it personally its just asian people seem to be smarter adn tend to put more work into everything then americans do its cause were lazy adn u arnt.
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Generally, you can trace early-morning eye puffiness to your activities of the previous day. A more permanent kind of eye puffiness can occur from saggy skin caused by normal aging. The skin around the eyes becomes thinner and less elastic with age. If you don't have any cucumber or potatoes lying around you can use tea bags for eye puffiness. Try the site below for more tips and information about eye puffiness, as well as some excellent products that may help you.  Good luck!
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I understand your question but am not sure I understand your belief that mongolian features are any more pronounced than any other race. The features that we inherit are mostly due to geographics and weather. Ppl in tropical areas tend to be dark skinned, ppl in northern climates light skinned.As for the eyes, I dont know why they seem so much different than other races, but the facial features are similar to many races --broad cheek bones for example are found in native american and black cultures..
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Triviatm is correct about the epicanthal fold. In addition true asians do not have a small ligament called the 'levator aponeurosis' that inserts into the anterior eyelid muscle causing the "crease"or "fold".  \nThere are still many variations depending on the region. \nBy natural selection, the windier the climate, the smaller the eyelid opening will be. \nAlso, If you look carefully at Jackie Chan's eyelids, he does have a fold in them. I suspect he is not 100% Asian. Neither was Bruce Lee, whose mother was half German.
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The eyefolds exaggerate the "bedroom eyes" appearance.\nActually the primary thing going for Asian women is the perception, often accurate, that they subordinate themselves to men.  This is very appealing to men who still have a biological imperative to protect and control.
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From Mongolia... so did koreans, japanese and all the other folks with squinty eyes (no disrespect meant)
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It probably has to do with the climate.  It may be that the reason Northern Europeans and Northern Asians have thinner lips is because of their need to survive winters.  It's not only the Africans that have full lips but many other groups that live in warm climates like Mediterranean people or Southern Asians and even the Aborigines in Australia.  On a side note, I think that your question is a good one - I hadn't thought of it before and I am interested in why people look the way they do - it's interesting.
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I haven't seen that personally.  Actually, according to scientific studies, people with lighter eyes (especially bright blue) tend to have more eye problems than any other eyecolor.  There could be some vitamin or mineral deficiency that Asians have that I am unaware of though.
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Haha, just call all the white people Goggle Eyes and you will feel better about yourself. I personally have a thing for asian eyes...probably why I ended up with a Fillipino.
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I'm a Westerner married to a Chinese lady. Yes, they love blue eyes but don't think just because you have blue eyes they will be falling at your feet. Asian women are damn smart and have great integrity.
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it's beacause too much of strain on your retina.... slice cucumber... n keep them on ur eyes....it's help....
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generally eating a lot of rice would make you gain weightt because its carbohydrates. but the reason why asian people  are all so small and thin is not mainly because of that- its because they eat good food like fresh vegetables, seafoods, lean meats - and hardly any deep fried foods, sweets or prepackaged foods.\nThats really not the case in the U.S. , only in asian countries, every one in every race is and can be fat here- very sad actually
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neither africa nor asia are racially homogenous.  look at the vast differences between indians, arabs, and chinese in asia and pygmys, berbers, and black africans in africa.  there is huge variation.\n\nrace is not genetically significant.  people from the same race often show more genetic differences amongst themselves than they do with other races.  its just that we see skin and hair color predominantly and make the false assumption that these must be important indicators of genetics.  i don't know what caused differing hair and eye colors to evolve, but i am certain that these are very superficial traits which actually would have virtually nothing to do with whether the people are racially or genetically homogenous.
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Green eyes are more rare.  There is not an actual gene for green eyes, protein differences cause some eyes to be green.