Why do white people have such thin lips?

[Anonymous]

have u ever seen one with big lips?

[abc3643]

That is a good question and I think that there is one of two answers.
1. First, lips are very sensitive skin and are more susceptible to harsh weather. So, it is likely that they are evolved to be smaller so they have less exposure to cold during the winter time which is longer and more severe the further north you go..
2. The size of lips maybe a co-evolved trait. What this means is that Evolution caused some other trait in white people to occur, and the same causes for that trait are the ones that are also causing lips to be small. Here's an example of a co-evolved trait: the shape of a dog's ears is of course related to their breed. Breeds of dogs which have pointy ears or more closely related to wolves and can be accordingly more vicious. However dogs with soft floppy ears like brittanies and cocker spaniels are evolved further away from wolves and are more friendly. It turns out the decades that dog breeders who have bred to make friendlier dogs then ended up with dogs with softer rounder floppy ears over the generations of breeding. So soft round floppy ears are a co-evolved trait with friendliness in dogs.

[abc3643]

Yes there are white people with big lips. My wife is one of them. In particular her bottom lip which he used to get teased with the name "n*gger lips" when she was in school. Look at Angelina Jolie also, her lips are naturally puffy.

[4hhhhh]

It sounds like your wife grew up around outwardly racist folks. You do have some whites with big lips but that isn't the norm.

[KaranSharma55]

lol now you attack on white people..

www.girlsaskguys.com/.../q2619545-why-do-people-ask-questions-to-criticize-someone

[Anonymous]

People of low skin pigment tend to have evolved from places that get very cold, where large lips experience frostbite and windburn more easily.

[abc3643]

Yeah that was my first hypothesis and I believe that is the answer.

[Opinion Owner]

@abc3643 It's what I learned in Biology. The more prominent lips and flatter nose of those more closely descended from Africa ten to be very helpful keeping sand and dirt out of the sinuses.

But let us remember, race itself is not a biological designation, it's a cultural one.

[abc3643]

"But let us remember, race itself is not a biological designation, it's a cultural one."

I disagree slightly. Race is analagous to subspecies. For instance, there is no mistaking a Great Dane for a Chihuahua yet the are both members of the species Canis familiaris aka dogs. Those breeds of dogs are examples of subspecies; they are capable of mating because they are within the same breed, but they have phenotypes which are very different and distinctive. However, like with lips, that does not preclude a phenotype of one subspecies from showing up in another.

[Opinion Owner]

@abc3643 You may believe that, but it's not how biologists regard it.

[abc3643]

As a scientist, I think my beliefs are essentially in line.

[Opinion Owner]

@abc3643 As a scientist, I think they aren't.

[abc3643]

This explains it rather well except that dogs are Canis familiaris, not Canis domesticus. The author got the taxonomic name mixed with cats which are often called Felis catus domesticus.

www.dummies.com/.../

[abc3643]

I understand what you are saying which is why I used the word "analagous".

[Opinion Owner]

@abc3643 Yes, I understand about subspecies in the animal kingdom, but I am speaking of the term race, which is a cultural distinction, not a biological one.

[abc3643]

I'm not so sure about that - sort of... Hard to explain. Likely, "race" was a scientific term 150 or so years ago and that it is no longer used scientifically since, from that perspective, it no longer applicable (*) but it still applies colloquially.

(*) What I mean is that scientific consensus 150 years ago might have been that the races were more biologically distinct (like subspecies or even species) but, with growing knowledge, that view fell out of favor so it was no longer a scientific term.
Interesting article:
www.scientificamerican.com/.../

[Opinion Owner]

I never said it didn't know the colloquial meaning. I'm trying to teach people it doesn't have biological meaning.

[4hhhhh]

But you can argue too that the intense sun and arid conditions of Africa would be brutal on people with big lips.

[LuvLie]

I have seen a white girl with big lips but she was a little mixed. It's probably just in their genetics to have smaller lips.

[oreodair]

Two words. KYLIE JENNER
Lol but seriously I've seen white people with big lips, there's plenty of them actually

[raiju]

I'm white, and I have dark thick curly hair, full dark eyebrows and full lips..

[JustinTheGreat]

I mean I could sit here and ask why black people have such huge noses. But I don't.
it's just genetics man.
But yeah I have seen white people with big lips, lots of people in my family have some plump ass lips

[YourFutureEx]

The same reason Asians have squinty eyes and blacks have bigger in their underwear.

GENETICS!!

And yes, the traits aren't universal. I mean, have you ever been to Instagram? Every white girl has gigantic lips.

[keni101]

My bottom is big top is normal and who cares thats like asking why black people have big lips or Asian have slanted eyes its how we look

[Anonymous]

Paper lips and bad teeth.. also white people in general aren't hot at all they go pink in the sun and don't have nice eyebrows or hair either

[OhMyLeniency]

I'm white, my lips are thick and beautiful lool

[Asker]

proof?

[Like-Me]

You're a Muslim.

[OhMyLeniency]

pm xD

[Like-Me]

You do that.

[OhMyLeniency]

@Like-Me
1st off Islam isn't a race, its a relgion.
technically I'm mixed, white and arab.
I dont look arab, literally one bit other than maybe nose and little bit of pigment
Everyone considers me white, so I'm white.
I think people judge race more on the color of the skin rather than actual ethnicity.

[Like-Me]

"Islam isn't a race."
I obviously know that since i'm a follower of as well.
"I don't look Arab"
That's because you think whites are better looking than Arabs, so you'd obviously like to believe you're white.

[OhMyLeniency]

@Like-Me
I'm not ashamed of my arabness lol, I'm very proud of it and brag a lot.
But others dont see me as an arab, on paper I count as white.
I actually think Arabs are wayyy more attractive than whites in general but I dont look it.
So what would you recommend I consider myself?

[Anonymous]

I'm white with full lips, you mad? 😛😎

[aestheticsofty]

Genetics

[baegirlbae18]

Not all do

[luckyyirish]

Kylie Jenner

[JustinTheGreat]

Kylie's lips before injections were the thinnest lips I've ever seen. So she's not a good example

[emilio19]

Yes i have

[MeatPuppet]

I don't know.