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Facial

Origin: L. Facialis from facies = face of or pertaining to the face. Cranial Nerve that supplies facial muscles.


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Re: Why do Africans have large noses and lips?

I agree with versus. I think it may be temperature/climate based. Colder climates could possibly result in narrower facial features. http://books.google.com/books?id=Q5fNAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA185&ots=nXzNvzjXT5&dq=bigger%20nostrils%20result%20of%20climate&pg=PA185

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by Jasper903
Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:32 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Why do Africans have large noses and lips?
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Why do Africans have large noses and lips?

... from our teacher. So, do you agree on what i found? First off, it's a generalization. Not all Africans have large noses and lips. Characteristic facial feature vary from region to region in Africa. In West and South and some parts of Central Africa, those characteristics you stated are what the ...

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by Luis
Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:28 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Why do Africans have large noses and lips?
Replies: 5
Views: 637

Do you think that robots could one day be living organisms?

... We can program a robot to do just about anything we can mimic with basic motor skills or representation of data, such as show emotion (program facial expressions), play soccer (program ball tactics) or fight wars (program heat sensitivity and locking systems for search n destroy). When I think ...

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by Jesse2504
Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:09 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you think that robots could one day be living organisms?
Replies: 3
Views: 118

Hobbit Skull Comparison Software's Unexpected Result.

... hobbit morphology resembles could be showing the genes that are reregulated (but safely) to achieve that stature. The current most popular facial reconstruction seems to have the bone structure correct, but the hard part is the eyes and other parts that are not preserved in the fossil. ...

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by GaryGaulin
Wed May 06, 2009 3:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Hobbit Skull Comparison Software's Unexpected Result.
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Future Human Evolution

... which in turn could be why the common preference exists. If we are drifting the big-eye direction then we can expect adults will in time have the facial proportions of young teens. It's hard to predict whether our conscious ideals would change in proportion to morphology but where it remained ...

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by GaryGaulin
Sat May 02, 2009 9:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5618
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