2007-01-08 15:32:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I am not sure if this is correct but I have read that the appearance of Asian people's eyes comes from an extra layer of fat under the eyelid and that the extra layer of fat possibly evolved in order to protect the eyes from the extreme cold of the upper Himalayan regions.
2007-01-08 15:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know the explanation of why but I learned that the eyes are not slanted, but there is an extra fat layer in the upper lid that give the eyes that appearance.
OK, matahari was typing when I decided to answer or I wouldn't have bothered. BTW, the term is Asian not Oriental.
2007-01-08 15:41:19 · answer #2 · answered by Barefoot Chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of path! take a seem on the Inuit and their epicanthic folds. they help them stave off snowblindness and the swirling snow that would injury their eyes. comparable undertaking for the "oriental" phenotype. Blowing sand and dirt is stored out of the attention with the aid of this fold. that's why north human beings have the two lost theirs, or under no circumstances progressed it. no want in temperate zones.
2016-10-30 09:51:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way your eyes are straight (horizontal ), their eyes are slanted. there is no special reason.
They have one advantage, they look younger longer. We will get droopy eyes when we become older !
2007-01-08 16:12:46 · answer #4 · answered by ken88dorset 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably none. It is just a random mutation that neither helps nor hinders the survival of the owner.
2007-01-08 15:37:18 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the U.K. the term is not a slur as it is in the U.S.
2014-02-04 02:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen Brooks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋