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Originally Posted by Fire_Girl625
Acctualy, there IS a noteable difference. Japanese facial details are more caucasian-like than their Chinese and Korean neighboors. They have more of a bridge to their nose, and thinner faces. They still do have Asian eyes, and their noses don't protrude out as much as european noses, but they are noteably different from other asians.
The facial structure of the different "Races" are noteably different, even within such groups. For example, an Italian person and a German person are both white. However, the Italian has a noteably darker skin tone, dark hair, dark eyes, usualy different nose shape, and are typicaly shorter. Germans are pale skinned, taller (Not always, though), and usualy have lighter hair and eyes. Changes in our facial anatomy were probably made to either survive (It's less sunny in Germany, which is why germans are paler and have lighter eyes than Italians) Or possibly to attract mates (I've heard one or two people say that the reason Asians have such different eyes is an evolutionary trait to become more attractive, and since those with these unique eye shapes had more mates, eventualy that trait stretched to all of Asia)
The brain it's self probably doesn't change, but the mindset and method of thinking do change from culture to culture, and is probably why there are so many unique cultures out there.
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Hey, im kinda new to JF.
i find your reasoning interesting, however i think you are being presumptuous to assume 'facts' such as Japanese people generally look more Caucasian german vs. italian etc. While there is indeed noticeable genetic discrepancy between Japanese and say Korean/Chinese due to centuries of geographical isolation, it is imprudent to make wide sweeping generalisations such as 'japanese have thinnner faces' without having seen the empirical facts.
also, 'asian eyes' or more accurately the epicanthic fold is commonly believed to have evolved due to the need to survival in a particular environment. Not for any fashionable, cultural or aesthetic reason.