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An epicanthic fold or epicanthus [6] is a skin fold of the upper eyelid that covers the inner corner (medial canthus) of the eye. [3] However, variation occurs in the nature of this feature and the presence of "partial epicanthic folds" or "slight epicanthic folds" is noted in the relevant literature.
Pseudostrabismus is more likely to be observed in East Asian or Native American infants, due to the presence of epicanthic folds obscuring the medial aspect of each eye. Pseudostrabismus generally occurs in infants and toddlers, whose facial features are not fully developed.
Epicanthic folds are more common in Native Americans than most other populations in the world beside East/South East Asians. BUT, the occurance of epicanthic folds in Native Americans is much less prominant than with East Asians. They tend to be most common among indigenous of the northern most populations/tribes.
Epicanthic eye folds are believed to be an adaptation protecting the eye from overexposure to ultraviolet radiation, and is presumed to be a particular trait in archaic humans from eastern and southeast Asia. A cold-adaptive explanation for the epicanthic fold is today seen as outdated by some, as epicanthic folds appear in some African ...
Native American remains were on display in museums up until the 1960s. [129] Though many did not yet view Native American art as a part of the mainstream as of the year 1992, there has since then been a great increase in volume and quality of both Native art and artists, as well as exhibitions and venues, and individual curators.
Chinese Cherry" displays the exaggerated epicanthic fold and buck teeth typical of stereotypes of East Asians in the United States, extant in the 20th and into the 21st centuries, [4] particularly seen in American World War Two anti-Japanese propaganda, [5] [6] and now considered racist as well. [4]
Kroeber said that the Malaysian and the American Indian are generalized type peoples while the Mongolian proper is the most extreme or pronounced form. Kroeber said that the original Mongoloid stock must be regarded as being more like the current Malaysians, the current American Indians, or an intermediate type between these two.
The bean is native to Mexico and Central America and later began to be cultivated in South America. (from Indigenous peoples of the Americas ) Image 7 Language families of Indigenous peoples in North America shown across present-day Canada , Greenland , the United States , and northern Mexico (from Indigenous peoples of the Americas )