Why East Asian eyes are smaller (relatively) | Optometrist Explains
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- Why East Asian eyes are smaller (relatively) | Optometrist Explains
For the purpose of this video I will be referring to East Asian eyes as just ‘Asian’ eyes
East Asian eyes also have the nickname of 'small eyes' or 'slanted eyes'
Today we talk about what anatomical structures make an Asian eyelid, into an Asian eyelid.
The plastic surgery craze in Korea always made me wonder why there is such a high demand of double eyelid surgeries being performed over there. If you've ever had the same thought hopefully this video will help answer some questions
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I was expecting him to detail the evolutionary/genetic reason for this adaptation. The title is misleading.
True. Same here.
Same here, but I think it’s snow. I think the extra eyelid fat is an adaptation to protect the eye from the cold and the “squint” to prevent snow blindness. But idk, just my guess. I’d like to actually know.
why asians have smaller eyes? well they cant explain it very well with their evolution theory. and a evolution theory is not an evidence
Another video suggested it might be an adaption against snow blindness.
@@youreapwhatyousow6057 sir, plenty of proof has been discovered to prove the theory of evolution. Your problem isn’t the lack of evidence, but lack of willingness to learn.
I came here out of curiosity. I was trying to find theories as to why the "Asian" eye fold developed, and what evolutionary purpose it may have served the ancestors of modern day Asians. I didn't exactly find that out here, but I did learn some amazing things to which I say, thank you Sir!
its protection against sun and snow from what i've read
If you notice Polynesians also have Asian eyes.. If you wear a hat in the Snow, the Light Reflecting the Sun Can yet burn you.. In the Ice Age, Asia, would have these Bright Red & Purple Iridescent Skies reflection on the Snow... Their Head Dress could block the Direct Light, But the Snow was just as Blinding Burning w/Light..
Japan, Land of the Rising Sun.. Even today Red Skies Light up Asia..
It was not just the Environment.. It is also what they ate.. But you see today the Skin is not of a yellowish hue.. It all about the Pork & Beef.. Why Chinese girls are Pink..???
& Less Farming... Working in the Sun.. Peace
We high asf thinking bout the same shit
@@LilCracka1247 it don't matter what your ancestry is we all tend to squint when haf😂
@@mellowj3llow69 then why do we south Asians have big eyes
Even though we are highly affected by sun
Fact: ... you looked this up and it was not recommended because you where genuinely curious 🧐
😂
i’m high asf and i looked it up 😂
@@user-bk2hn6yk3l ... but you looked it up because you where curious.... and high 😅
Nope. Recommended
I got recommended too
Single eyelid and low-crease eyelid are mostly a North Asian or Northeast Asian feature. In Far South China and SE Asia, people generally have the on-fold double eyelid.
Yeah but SE Asia people still have the epicanthic fold, so these two are the same group. South Asian dont have that so they are different.
@@user-pd9ju5dk5s I'm Vietnamese, most Vietnamese people I saw here don't have the epicanthic fold, and our eyes are big.
@@user-pd9ju5dk5s south Asian are closer to caucasiod
@@chithiennguyen6416 Vietnam is just one country
@@siddharth2958 People in NE India are are mongoloid, not caucasian
Your approach to diversity is constructive. Discussing the scientific origins and evolution of human traits is the best antidote to mockery. And it cultivates a desire for understanding. Of course, nothing will, nor need, extinguish human preferences for certain traits. We should still be free to prefer certain traits over others. But we can teach that most traits are circumstances of birth for which we are choiceless recipients.
As a science nerd and artist, I really, REALLY appreciated this video. In particular, I’m always trying to learn more about the structure of different body parts so I can draw it better. Further, with the amount of plastic surgery these days and photoshop I find it harder for me to know at a glance if what I’m drawing is realistic or representative of a specific ethnicity (the biggest one probably being trying to know if I’m drawing a realistic or “idealized” Asian eye.) Now I better know what to be looking for and can hopefully adjust edited photographs to more accurately depict a subject. I also love this video because it showcases how beautifully, uniquely, and wonderfully made we each are. I actually find drawing and depicting the differences between people far more rewarding, challenging and inspiring as an artist. I hate it when depictions of humans become oversimplified and every subject looks the same. Even identical twins are different (I should know, I am one!). Finding the nuances and differences between people (big or small) is what I find can truly bring a picture to life. Anyways, all that is to say thank you for going to the literature and not being afraid to explain this. I know I certainly learned a lot and I am eager to learn more. Knowledge truly is power!
I was the one who flipped eyelids for fun lmao, I did it in front of my bf (he's korean) and he couldn't do it, and was surprised when I did, guess that makes more sense now, I thought everyone could easy
Hahahha that’s funny, I could never do it. I always need someone to flip them for me 😹
I can do it, but I prefer not to cause I'm scared that my eye will fall out lmao
I can do it lmao
When people flipped eyelids, i just thought it was disgusting. In black communities it was a skill!! You wasnt being racist unless you first let everybody know you was about to be racist
Ive been doing it in front of the mirror since i was a kid, i thought everyone could do it...and i am asian
When I was in Seoul Korea in the mid-80s the girls there were getting their eyes cut even then. I remember reading that the extra layer of fat on the Asian eyes is to protect them from the cold, like a Eskimo eye are too.
Yes. If you go to the Southeast Asia which is tropical, you will find that the native population tend to have bigger rounder eyes. This is unlike the Northeast Asians which includes Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese and Chinese. Even in Europe, I tend to find that Southern Europeans have bigger rounder eyes whereas Northern Europeans tend to have thinner wider eye shapes.
@Jamel Carpenter Well the human genome is a wonderful thing I guess. There are times where a phenotype occurs due to random mutations. There are times when environmental forces encourages phenotypical evolution and mutations. The eyes getting smaller and hooded is definitely encouraged by colder regions. But there are also times where this phenotype can occur due to random mutation. There are many pathways for how a certain phenotype is expressed. Just for example, light skin phenotype trait is actually expressed via different genetic routes between East Asian people and European people. When East Asians have light skin, the genes that encode it is different from the genes that give Europeans their light skin.
@@sleepyhead6468 Yeap, I'm mainly Mediterranean and south European and I have 0 extra upper eyelid, big eyes, almond form rather than round, though. My partner is from Iraqi Jew origin an he does have the extra fat puffiness in the upper eyelid is quite spread in the middle east, the extra eyelid skin, as well, creating a covered crease
@SMWFZ1190 what do you mean By "spanish"? Genetically Spanish? of by the land of Spain? (obviously you do not speak Castellano if you wrote: cheeno: Spanish is almost a 100% phonetic language, thus the word is: chino 🙂.
It might be that you have Latino DNA from Peru or Brazil, w Asian DNA?
@SMWFZ1190 aww mmm so you do look asian? did you make a DNA test?
Great video! I love all of your videos, by the way. Back in middle school, one of my friends, who was from China (I'm black American), told me about wanting to get an eyelid fold, and I was so confused as to why. First, I always though her eye shape was beautiful! Also, I was baffled about why anyone felt the need for an extra eye fold. As an adult, my friend got the surgery - she's still beautiful, but I'm a bit sad she got it. I'm always sad when I see people getting this surgery; after all, as human beings, our unique features make us beautiful.
I'm an Indian, well northeast Indian. And I get called the whole range of Asian names from Chinese to korean to anything, mostly Chinese I don't know if it's an insult because I very much adore their features and looks.
same here, fellow northeast indian
Why they are short in height? 😮😮
@@gklb_2xx7 Why they are short in height? 😮😮
I'm a native Mexican...
Most of us are mocked because of our "slanted" and "small" eyes too. Some of us even cause the impression of having a "crooked" glare (strabismus). It's great knowing the physical cause of this. Alas, we don't have the choice to correct our eyelids. :(
Actually I'd love to know why so many Chinese, Korean and Japanese wear glasses?
Lol I wish I had those eyes. I don't know why, but I have always wanted to have monolids.
Don't think of it as correcting the eyelids. Learn to love your appearance and don't let beauty be defined by European standards
@@AndrewLinArchives Awww...
@@lucy_lyy That sounds cute.
@@Xicohtencatl_Xayacate It really looks beautiful lol believe me, a lot of people find your eye shape attractive.
Actually, I did it (flip the eyelid over) when I was younger (as many children here in France), and I still can do it very easily. But it is quite painful. When I do it I feel the inside part of the connective tissue drying up and getting colder due to the ambiant temperature, and then it dries out so fast that it hurts, in a few seconds.
Anyway, about the subject of the video, this is the best explanation I ever heard about the differences between asian eyes and other peoples eyes. This was very interesting, thank you very much !
P.S. : In France, the expression is "yeux bridés", which litteraly means limited, constrained, curbed eyes. Which is quite confusing.
Wow! 😂😂 I just learnt some French! Thanks SteriCraft, your name reminds me of StarCraft. A game I used to play a lot 😹
@@AntonioTheOptom Oh yeah I used to play this game a lot as well, back in the day. :D
Looking forward for new videos from you, i'll share it to my friends, you deserve WAY more subscribers.
@@SteriCraft aw thanks! 😊
Damn I'm french. And never met any kid doing this during my scholarship. Think I was lucky. Because this stuff is so creepy
I knew only one kid who did it, but it was my Dad's coworker's daughter. I found it disgusting, and looked away
"Why Asian eyes are smaller"
Indians and central Asians: Interesting 🤔
😂
Yeah!i am also a indian .i have big eyes like this👉👀👀
I'm Indian but have small monolid eyes 😑
The title says "EAST Asian eyes"
Your not true asain lol ... I am from North East india and I have small eye lol but thats fine . i am being called korea japan in my own country india and i hate that
Monolids are beautiful.
I have no eye lid.
Thank you so much brother this is what I have been looking for so long😊.
Glad I could provide it! 😁
This video was super interesting!! It’s so neat to learn about how and why and what the physical and cultural differences in humans are. I wish more people saw differences as an opportunity to learn new things rather than an excuse to judge and hate.
Iam Egyptian but I don't really think that an asian / african/ arab or indian need to change his look to look like an European
Every culture has it's own beauty
Celebrate your shape you are perfect
Agreed 👍
You sound too racist
I had friends who could flip their eyelids like that, however they stopped doing it because our parents use to tell stories about flies going into your eyes and getting stuck if you flip them.
classic haha
Hi all "Asian" friends. I'm Greek-caucasian. I have to say that all eye types are beautiful for their own reasons. Your "Asian" eyes look simpler and more futuristic because of their shape. We use simpler-futuristic lines in our art/work too, like soft-lined cars, simpler buildings and so on. Your eyes are beautiful the way they are, you DON'T have to do surgery (double eyelid or whatever) to your eyes. Kids at school will find something-anything to start kidding with the others and eyes are the 1st thing they notice. But that doesn't mean that they don't like your eyes. They are just kids kidding. Your eyes again are beautiful, futuristic, serious, with a sweet "pain" in them. I love them the way they are and i think you can be proud for them. After all.. all eyes are God's work..🙂😍👍
If everyone is beutiful then nobody is
@@SniperDizzyJohny beauty is a subjective metric and can’t really be quantified
This was a sweet comment either way
Cringe
most of my non-Asian friends love the single eye lid on Asians and are dumbfounded by why they would want to have the double eye lid surgery
Exactly! I'm truly dumbfounded.
Does anyone know something about the evolution of this type of eyelid? How does it come that it is so different from Caucasian eyelids? Would be interesting to know.
Interesting point 🤔
@@sunsun5290 If that's the only reason, it should be more common in Northern European countries like Norway, Finland and Sweden but it isn't. There has to be more to it.
@@sunsun5290 if you go by coldest temperature ever recorded Sweden is actually colder than North Korea, if you go by yearly average temperature number 1 is Svalbard and Jan Mayen which is a region under Norwegian sovereignty.
I agree that the cold temperatures have definitely something to do with the eyelids in East Asia. The only think that doesn't make sense is that they aren't dominant in Northern Europe.
@@sunsun5290 thanks, that was really helpful.
What is a Caucasian eye? 🙄 They aren't the only ones who share this eye shspe.
im east asian and have outfold double eyelid, however it changes (im nit sure why) everytime i sleep so in the morning sometimes there is no crease and it really affects my vision. when i blink, my eye will twitch weirdly and it feels really odd
Ive always had this question in the back of my head and was afraid to look this up because i would seem ignorant but fr thought i generally wanna know thanks 🤙🏾
Hey, Antonio! Thanks for the concise and factual answer. I felt a bit weird googling "Why are Asian eyes so small" but now I feel like it was just a curiosity. I love it when scientists just break on through and don't care about feelings. The truth is the truth. I'm sure many Asians google why Europeans eyes are so wide haha!
There’s no need to feel offended about facts (that’s just how I feel anyway).. it is what it is 🤷🏼
As long as you don't use it as an insult. It's only a problem because some people say ”facts are facts” and then twist their fact into an insult.
@@AntonioTheOptom If it is an INTERESTING bit of trivia to you or anyone to bring up, some caucasians in the USA 🇺🇸 tend to pretend to have Native American genetic ancestry/claim to be "shamans", then walk around talking in a slower cadence/squinting their eyes 👀 like they're staring into the sun.🌞 That's always quite funny to me.😏😆😂🤣😁😎✌🏽🇺🇸
Luckily you put EAST asian at title, unlike other media they generalized all asians have small eyes.
The stereotype make me feel like other West Eastern and Middle Eastern are not from Asia, but Mars.
Ikr 😂😂
Sometimes it even feels weird to say I'm Asian cuz they might think of the stereotypical Asian
I'm from Maldives btw
cool vid! humans are wild! I was searching to learn why those eyes developed to be that way but, this vid was so informative! you're doing great keep it up!
Thank you for making this video! My question is... I am half Middle Eastern (Persian). We (Middle Easterners) are Asians, too. Can you please do a video on the eyes of other parts of Asia? (Such as India, Pakistan, Iran, etc.) My eyes are something people often ask me about when trying to identify my race.
I've always heard of plastic surgeries being common in SK but I didn't know they were that common, I find that really sad because I grew up watching a lot of East Asian shows and I have always thought their features were incredibly beautiful. I'm not even saying this as an empty compliment, I actually do think they're beyond gorgeous with no need for surgeries. it's a shame that the beauty standards globally have always been to look more western or whatever.
This can be true both way westerners like having a darker skin tone therefore tanning while Asia's beauty standards are having a whiter skin tone=beautiful . Yeah the sad reality of beauty standards.
Me too, I think Asian eyes are fascinating. I think racists are ignorant people, end of.
I recall watching an episode of the old Oprah show where this young Asian lady -- I think she might have worked for MTV -- was discussing the issue of eyelid surgery in Asia. I think the audience, Oprah and myself were perplexed by this phenomenon. I, personally, didn't know until then that this was a thing -- that people would get surgery to make their eyes look more "western" Oprah asked the guest if this was prevalent!! No pun intended, the episode was truly eye-opening.......🤣😂😄😆
is not just more western. When the upper eyelid "falls" into the eyelid, the eye looks more closed, the eye looks more tired, the person appears to be inattentive. Also, sometimes the upper extra lid is not equal, thus the eyes appear to have different sizes. In the west, people, most of them more elder people, they also go through similar operations.
Not all asians have small eyes!! Basic researchs!!...m indian
Relatively ✌️
@@AntonioTheOptom not all northeast indian, korean , Japanese people's have small eyes
Contrary to popular belief, the evolution of East Asian eyelids have nothing to do with prevention of snow glare since East Asians did not evolve in a cold climate. East Eurasians actually first originated around Southeast Asia 50,000 years ago and made continuous migrations northwards. I study genetic anthropology and the "Asian eyes" - along with some other common East Asian physical traits like thicker hair shafts, more sweat glands, characteristic shovel teeth, and smaller breasts are thought to have first evolved around 35,000 years ago in what is now central China. These characteristics spread massively across the East Asia region after the Last Glacial Maximum about 20,000 years ago and displaced more Basal East Eurasian populations in the process. We have an approximate idea of when and where "East Asian eyes" first appeared, but we don't know *why* exactly they evolved.
I've always wondered if asians have higher FOV due to lower nose bridge.
Or wouldn't there at least be a greater angle where there would be depth perception?
A higher nose bridge blocks what one with a lower nose bridge could see. I wonder if that inner fold messes up that coolness.
That would be a real evolutionary benefit I think - to accurately judge the position of something coming at you at a wider angle.
I wonder what benefits and tradeoffs the high nose bridge went for. Maybe crumple zone like modern cars hahahaa.
Trueee hmmm I wonder 🤔
Dear A the O ... I enjoyed this "facts forward" video.
FWIW, I'm curious about people, and I do NOT mean that in a racist way. We're different, and I find that interesting!
An instructive and well delivered presentation. Thank you 😊
Southeast asian eyes are relatively "larger" compared to their northeast asian neighbours. If you ask me, if you compare filipino, thai, viet, indonesian eyes to a caucasian, indian eyes, they still have smaller eyes haha.
Both are small
@@Ash_tommo racist
@@КристиянТрънбашев-ш6г
How am I racist?
@@Ash_tommo Asians are the most beautiful people on Earth especially Japanese
I know why the skin of subsaharan Africans is dark, but I have no clue as to why Asian eyes are slanted. Is the environment on the east coast of Asia somehow different from the environment in western Europe? How are slanted eyes advantageous in east Asia? I don't think westerners have trouble seeing in east Asia because of different lighting conditions, what could it be? Are there any theories about that?
Actually why is it called slanted? I never understood that description. I don't see any slants at all. It's just the flesh above the eye is thicker and hence the upper eyelid doesn't fold and create that crease.
can u relate with evolution & natural selection.Most Thai people Eyes are Big. a good example is Tony Jaa
No doubt 😁
I really like asian eyes.
Maybe that's just weird of me, but I like even more if you manage to make the person smile :-)
We all want what we can’t have don’t we? 😅 By convenient coincidence my google pic has always been my eyeball you see here but because they’re very deep set I have no crease either, so makeup doesn’t show unless it’s on the brow bone. And I wish I had at least a little epicanthal fold because as you can see my inner canthus is quite open and so much conjuctiva is visible. Ick! I haven’t figured out any makeup tricks to create the illusion of those beautiful Asian eyes but I’ve sure tried! Thanks for this informative video!!
I’ve always wondered why slants eyes were so much smaller than that of round eyed people. It’s content like this that makes me learn more about other cultures evolutionary differences
Dr Antonio, very detailed explanation especially the septal difference.
To anybody reading this-
Youre probably not stumbling upon this video by chance. You probably have some things going on in life that have you guessing yourself/appearance. I want you to know youre perfect the way you are. And im sorry if you ever have had some ignorant person make comments or bully you for your apperance.
The smaller eyes isn’t the only thing that makes Asians look so different from Caucasians, Asians also tend to have flatter faces and noses than Caucasian people do.
Yes. Caucasians and in fact, most other races in the world, have deep set eyes and very prominent brow ridge... Only East Asians have gentler facial features
Yeah and also the height and bone structure
Lol reminds me of this Asian girl I went to school with saying "god wish I had round eyes so I could look more Caucasian" .....girl would've still looked Asian even with round eyes😂
5:40 it was me who used to flip eye lids for fun. From India ❤
😂😂
im the northeast indian who witnessed that flipping 😬
@@gklb_2xx7 did i look good 😬
@@beepbeepgamer1305 anyone who does that look kinda funny and weirdly nostalgic coz it gives me sweet flashbacks
Comparing the Asian eyelid cross section, I would say that not only Causasians have the eyelid with folds. So it's reductive to just state "caucasian"
I have infold eyelids when there swollen and unfold when it’s normal but I’m always insecure about it :///
😢 no need to be insecure
They’re beautiful! I trying to learn how to draw eyes like that.
Bro does this confer any evolutionary advantage, or were the smaller eyelids developed as a response to a climatic, geological adversary
If it’s around to this day it must’ve had some sort of advantage right ?🤔
@@AntonioTheOptom yes it seems so,even ancient civilizations and human settlements across north America and south America, Australia are in possession of this feature,they migrated during the ice age where we had land bridges connecting across continents
Most likely the ice age caused it. Because if you compare Southeast Asians and Northeast Asians, both diverged a long time ago but used to be from the same basal East Asian population group. Yet those that migrated North ended up with lighter skin and along with it, the distinctive "Asian" eyes while those that remained in the South like the Malays, Thais kept their large eyes and their skin got as light as brown. Even in Europe, you can find that the Europeans with more "Asian-looking" eye shapes tend to be Northern Europeans. Look at the Irish actor Barry Keoghan. Whereas compare that with the Italians or Greeks and you find that the eyeshapes are distinctively different. So the cold has definitely got something to do with the evolution of this eyelid shape.
@@sleepyhead6468 Superb analysis 👍
This guy he's extremely smart bro he's actually completely right
I'm a Filipino but me and my mom both have ridiculously well pronounced crease, my uncle as well and have very pronounced brow and nose ridge
From watching Asian dramas it seems that southern Asians are more likely to have creases and double eye lids and northern Asians more likely to have a monolid.
Awesome video, mate. I do wonder why evolution produced the different eye shapes however. Any theories on that out there ?
Thanks, this was interesting and really well presented. And you’ve reminded me I’m overdue for my eye test.
Does that surgery increase field of view or is it just to change the look
It can be used for both purposes!
Tassel plate. Why did you have to show me that! I have tried for years to forget about it from school and after many great years PTSD returns
I think it’s crazy that so many Koreans want to change their eyes. I’m in love with Asian eyes ❤
I agree!
But only vietnam is different they have a double eyes lids , Their eyes are neither small nor big, in general
😯
Same like indonesian... im indonesian and i have triple eyelid, i don't like it 😂
He is talking about East Asian (China Japan Korea)
@@fatinhahsidiq8949 same as malaysia hhe
@@Artupzle yeah... we're like triplets
My husband and daughter are Korean… I love their eyes!
Evolution - wise, Asian eyes are more functional
I love Korean eyes too! 😄
so interesting!
Thank you! 😁
I honestly felt so racist searching this but out of curiosity and it’s so amazing and fascinating
😂😂
No need to feel racist. Im Asian myself, and I searched for this too 😂
@@88r59 I feel like now a days people don’t really no what is racist.
Don't be. I like science on how & why different ethnic groups of people have different features. We all evolved to suit our environments.
I think why this trend is growing in popularity is not just because of western tv/movies but a bigger reason is because of anime.
Anime has mainly Asian characters but they all have big and sometimes blue eyes that look more "western". And because of the popularity of anime in Asian culture and the fact that almost every child grows up watching anime it's not hard to see that these kids develop a complex. And thinking that their eyes aren't beautiful because all the characters that are supposed to the attractive ones or the heroes all have bigger eyes.
Cool video, well done!
I remember feeling so cool when I first learned to flip my eyelid
😂
i could never do that. my fatty eyelids wouldn't let me.
How about speaking on what were the evolution.. And what were the condition that bought henceforth.
I should ask Antonio the evolutionist
@@AntonioTheOptom So, you're diving in..
i am from South Asia(Pakistan) but I have big eyes with double eyelid but I like small eyes I think small eyes r more beautiful
Me my dad and my friends used to flip eyelids but I can't flip it now even tho I don't have asian eyes
Hahahahah good one dad! 😂
Very informative. I used to flip my eyes.
Thank you 🙏
While in Japan someone explained to me that, this was caused when they crossed the dessert after leaving the middle east. Apparently, this was a protection against flying sand and un glare.
Also, that this is the first Asian racial characteristic that dissapears when they interbreed with someone with western eyes.
No. Many interracial asian still have the eyefold. The shape of eye is also determined by skill shape
Exactly, it's all about surviving
Middle easterns have really long eyelashes to protect their eyes from the sand
People from the north of Europe have blue eyes because it help them to see better at night
Black people have dark skin to protect it from the sun
It's all about adapting, and in the future we will change thanks to our lifestyles changing drastically
One theory is snow glare. Given how the sun reflects alot off the snow & ice in the Serbian region thousands of years ago during the stone & ice age. So over the thousands of generations, they evolved to have squinter eyes. I think it's pretty cool.
It isnt just the eyes tho
Currently, people are so obsessed with racism that they even stopped using descriptive terminology. The presenter is an Asian, but so is a man from India, Saudi Arabia or Philippines. He is talking about the group of people which were called Mongol race (Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Thai, Burmese).
This video should have more like 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you 😄
I always hear Asians say people made fun in America, but where I lived in America, I have NEVER heard people make fun of Asians. Actually the most popular kid in school was Chinese. The whole town looooooved his parents Chinese restaurant. They were so nice. My current boyfriend is Asian and he says since living in America for the last ten years, not a single white person has ever made fun of his eyes.
Lies
Very interesting, thank you for a simple yet informative explanation.
Is there a particular reason you only compared "asian" eyes to "caucasian" eyes? And did not describe the variation within whatever you're calling the asian group...as well as the variation witjin the caucasian group?
3:01 Caucasia is an Asian region, populated largely if not primarily by people of Turkic ethnicity.
Very interesting. Thank you!
But what made it happen specifically? Nobody on youtube has an answer. There was a mutation along the way but what caused it? Anyone?
Some times my eye lid would flip on there own when i was little...I'd rub them and that's how I'd noticed they got flipped some how....also some inuit (Eskimo) people aslso have more "Asian" featers, especially in the eyes ....
You said the diffrences, not WHY it's like this
Yep, I was that kid 🤭
I still can.
1 thing though ....
1) Pls don't 'freak out' if you had a kid with no actual problem. That little girl in the photo, is beautiful & absolutely precious the way she is!!
I hope she never sees this ..... 😥
thanks for this video. love to learn about asian culture just wish people didnt feel like they needed surgery for a unique feature.
Question.
Do diet have anything to do with this eye feature?
No, it has to do with DNA, my dad was born in the North China region, and my mom was born in the South China region. Both of them have big and round eyes. westerners just pick small eyes as stereotypes attacking East Asians ( but most Koreans have small eyes).
@@crosschannel1728 attacking what?
my grandma was Mexican and she had the slanted eyes I’ve ever seen. So you go figure
Thank you for telling me the structure of Asian eyes but Why do Asians have that type of eye shape?
No one knows ‘why’ eyes have evolved that way. And there is no way of knowing. Any explanation we put on it would be hard to verify
@@AntonioTheOptom Must because of certain living environment in the ancient time. Thank you for your video. I thought you could explain that from a genetic perspective.
They got that from African roots… African people were the first people in the earth to have almond eyes, double eyes and monolids etc…
Please don’t be surprised or shock…there’s no need to this is facts. Greeting from 👋🏽🇬🇭🙋🏽♀️😊✌🏽
I would love to have Asian eyes. Can they do a surgery to make eyes like that?
Thank you but I've always wondered what the evolutionary effect was about Asian eyes? Why did Asian people evolve with that eye shape and why is it only Asian people? Western and African races of people have what's called round eyes. I've always wondered why evolution in different races of people happen the way it did.
Awesome information!
When I was a child in the 80's and 90's making fun of Asian eyes was pretty common. During the 2000's when Visual Kei (Japanese rock music) became popular in my country that habit disappeared almost completely. People began to find Asian eyes beautiful, cute and even desirable.
watching this after hearing about Dr Seuss's books being canceled
😂😂
What do you mean Asia means only China?
Why the "other eyes" are called : Caucasian", the extra lid skin, epicanthal folds, extra puffiness etc DID spread in Europe. It seems that the only area which 'escaped' this DNA is the Mediterranean sea? I have mainly Mediterranean & Hungarian-German DNA and I have 0 extra skin. Our daughter's & my upper eyelid is thin and 'stretched', it doesn't fall into our eyelid, thus: we look awake and attend. My partner is from Jew Iraq origin, he & our son inherited the Asian upper fat puffiness. The puffiness causes the eye to look more close, even tired, although our son has big eyes. The puffiness tends not to be equal? which causes one eye to appear sometimes closer than the other.
I wouldn't consider the eye lid surgeries to be "crazy", as people in the west also go through surgeries to remove extra upper lid, which cause them to look tired and sometimes even it is hard to open the eye, e.g. in cases of Ptosis.
Not sure why some asian have small eyes. Based on natural selection traits that assisted in natural selection procssess persist. We do see alot of slanted eyes among korean, japan, Mongolians, south east china, north east china, but not south west china, south china, mid to south vietnam, laos, cambodia, thailand, maylasian, but then there's Singaporeans and other islands close to that region. If we think it helps with sun light reflection onto sea surface or sky cloud when elevated high on mountains, then it would be existence of this trait in european countries, but there are little to none of europeans at high altitude with slanted eyes, but then high altitude and high elevation in north canada and north russiaan people do have slanted eyes.
My brother's friend used to "flip" his eyelids ALL THE TIME !
We thought it was "gross" ... and of course, that's why he did it.
I always liked the way eastern eyelids looked. My eyes are sleeker for a caucasian so maybe I'm biased.
What about Europeans with such eyes? They exist, and not only in eastern Europe and Finland/Scandinavia...
I could flip my eyelids pre teens, now I think I have forgotten how yo do it
This is more of a HOW they’re smaller, not why they’re smaller ie what evolutionary pressures led to this being the case
Your Asian face with thicc bri ish accent is a mindf no offence lmao, coming from a Chinese Malaysian, also good video I subbed
hahahaha I guess NZ has had some pretty strong Bri ish influence
@@AntonioTheOptom I'm a kiwi how did I not notice your accent haha
@@raykarpp cuz I didn’t speak lik thus
Interesdting,. The comparison of Asian ro Caucasian. Did your analysis include other racial groups? So often, Caucasian is viewed as some kind of standard, even though Caucasians as a racial group are a global minority.
I love Asian eyes. So beautiful ❤️
HOW DOES YOUR VIDEO HAVE 2160p!!??
I shoot and edit in 4K 😂
Really awesome content and saw ur channel now, it's quite interesting. Btw even I m studying optometry 😊😉
Oooh that’s exciting! Where are you studying optometry from?
@@AntonioTheOptom India
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Pulling the eyes isn't about stretching the eyes to tell Asians that they should have wider eyes, it's an _imitation_ of Asian eyes, from a perception that they have an elongated shape.
I think if a European made fun of you for having "small eyes", they must have learned it from an Asian, because the European perception is that they seem more closed, not shorter from end to end or smaller in every dimension.