Asia is the largest continent but don't vary very much. They all have the same hair color, eye color, and facial structure. Europeans vary significantly in hair color, hair type, facial features, eye color, and facial structure. Why is this?
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The primary function of hair is (or used to be) to protect against the cold. Africans and Asians (the latter are descendants of the mongols, who lived in the Mongolian desert) were naturally exposed to much higher temperatures, so having hair would be a disadvantage. Europeans, being exposed to lower temperatures, could use the extra "fur".
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It's the race. Who said we don't eat enough veggie and short of waters?\n\nMy opinion is the opposite. Asian eats lots veggies, got more varieties because of the climate. And rain..? Most of Asians live in tropical country. Got enough sunshine and never short of rain. \n\nAsians are shorter, part of the reasons might be the genetics, the food --europeans and americans rarely eat rice, eat lots of red meat eg. see how the japanese got hundreds variety of veggie, they even eat flowers!-- and also the climate.
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north america, europe, asia
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girl. thats just what the world perceives beauty to be assocaated with because the white man says so. and it seems, i say loosely, the white man rules the world.  thats why people need to step up and change the way other countries view us and beauty. in parts of asia, white skin is superior than dark skin even if the girl with dark skin looks better.
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of course, the person concerned doesn't require to be a european to have colored eyes. i'm an indian' and several of the people here i know have blue/green eyes.
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Actually, a few friends of mine who are Asian *do* call themselves 'yellow,' but only as a joke, because of how everyone else gets categorized by colour.\n\nThe problem with the term 'Asian,' in turn, is that it's not usually used (at least in my experience) for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc., even though these countries are obviously part of Asia; almost all Indians & Sri Lankans I know either call themselves *that* -- i.e. categorize themselves by specific nationality -- or, if they want to be broader, call themselves 'brown.' (For that matter, 'Asian' is usually not used for someone from Afghanistan or Iran either, for example; it's really only used for Chinese, Japanese, Koreans... etc. At least in my experience -- does anyone have a different experience of this?)\n\nBut the fact that 'yellow' isn't accurate can't be the whole story, then, since (at least as it's in fact used, i.e. too narrowly) 'Asian' isn't strictly accurate either, and 'black' and 'white' aren't particularly accurate either, since both can include a huge variety of skin tones. 'Blacks' can be super-dark, super-light, and everywhere in between; 'whites' can be rosy and pink, super-pale, or very olivey (my skin colour, for example -- I'm Caucasian, and would definitely be categorized as such -- is almost exactly the same colour as that of a friend of mine who's Chinese, and if I'm a bit tanned, it's almost the same colour as a friend from Peru, who's very racially mixed and definitely doesn't look 'white'). \n\nSo I guess what I'm saying is that it all seems highly arbitrary, all of this colour-categorizing. I'd agree with your question, then, in a way, but I'd reverse it: rather than asking why we don't call Asians 'yellow,' I'd ask why we *do* call others 'black' or 'white' or 'brown.' What's the point?
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Geographically speaking, yes, but the term "Asian" is predominantly used for people who are from the Pacific Rim, China, Japan, Korea, etc.  You are Asian just like a white person whose parents are from South Africa is an African-American.  See what I'm saying?
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lebanese are classified between caucasian and mongoloid so there is a possibility of blond hair and blue eyes. probably not in a pure lebanese person though.
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Most likely no.  On both continental groups Eurasia/Afica nad the Americas there were many similarities in technology and scientific process.  This jsut shows that if we as humans really need (or want) something, that we will find a way to get it.  Every great ancient culture was great because they tackled the problems that everyone needed solved.  Writing happened on both continental groups becaus a need to archive history in a condensed form, the same way as the compess, boat and agriculture developed, out of a universla need.
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well in my anthro class a few yrs back i remember they said that asians are part indians and i guess indians have wide faces..so maybe thats why?
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I am from China...I can read your message because we also have internet access(I wonder how you think of Chinese,uncivilized?)\n\nEuropeans used to be weak ethnic groups. Unfortunately, hundreds years ago,europea became very strong because of social and scientific revolution.And China only stayed here. The result is the invasion from European countries.\nAnd now,Europeans are  comparatively rich and stable than most other countries. Some of them are ignorant,arrogant and racial.Some appear to be friendly. \nUnlike the north America,the cultures in europea are highly diverse.  We can't generalize something to all Europeans. Europeans people seem to cherish their own culture.
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Ireland is in the West.\n\nMaybe fairies are European. You only get Leprichauns in Ireland, you only get Yetis in North America(I think). It's like most creatures, I think it's only humans which are spread wild around the world. You wouldn't find a wild polar bear in Asia would you? It's the same thing with fairies, I think it's the climate thing and maybe they are just not into travelling fa, they are only tiny.
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Europe & Africa (& also Asia)
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I am punjabi, so albeit, i am a little bit biased. Historically, you're right, in that north indian people are considered to be caucasian, and the best looking. Although in recent anthropological defintions races have become more specialized, ultimately, it is just the original 4. In terms of eye color and hair difference, it is important to note that our hair color and eye color does not have anything to do with race; rather, race is based on hair texture and eye shape (amongst other things). The reason for this is because color for both is contingent of climate. It is a response for necessary sun protection.\n\nSouth indian people consider themselves to be the 'true' indians, because (although it pains me to admit it), they are. They were the first people of the land, while north indian people emigrated thousands of years ago. That is also why, often they look a little different (particularly bone structure---punjabi's a bigger), because they lack genetic variation.\n\ninteresting question--good luck in your history class. I hope my thoughts helped.\n\njai hind!
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First, race does not exist.  It is a made-up term, originating as pseudo-science in the early 1900's as an excuse to keep the European/American upper class white people in control of most governments.  Studied far closer after WWII, race has been found to be non-existent - the only biological differences between 'colors' are the levels of melanin present in the skin.  Otherwise, there are no biological differences at all.  Our ethnicities and religious beliefs are really what seperates us, the "us" and "them".  Now, there are certain genes that frequent different geographical areas:  for example, sickle-cell anemia gene is far more prevalent within Africans, but as a heterozygote (that is, one parent gives the gene FOR and one 'not FOR') these Africans are protected from malaria!  Amazing what the human body will do, what it will adapt to!
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Europeans seem to have their act together in a lot of ways. America lives in the dark ages. Just look at the Neanderthal who first answered this question.
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It doesn't make sense to say the oldest person found was "caucasoid" because racial differences didn't start to appear before people migrated to different continents. The colour of the skin of the oldest humans I doubt if scientists could ever determine because all they have is bones. I really don't see why it matters what colour their skin was. Probably dark because they had to survive in the hot sun. There is absolutely no dispute that humans began in Africa.