Why do some Caucasians have thicker lips than others?

I don't think thin lips are bad. They look nice on plenty of men. Women... Whatever. Not so great on them.

Fillers?

Racial slur!

I'm white (caucasian) but I have big lips. Don't know why. I've just always had bigger lips than most people.

Possibly they have more Neanderthal DNA.

In my case, I think it is the Presley genes making an appearance (or at least that is what my sister said).

Just 1 of my 4 older sisters has very thick lips. I have thin lips.

They're related to Mick Jagger.

Really, OP?

I'm a white guy, and I've always had full lips. I didn't give it much thought until I got older, and realized how many men have thin lips. Full lips made it much more fun when I'd play with my Mom's makeup.

I won’t entertain any gentlemen callers with thin lips. A non-negotiable deal breaker for me.

Many Arabs have thin lips as well. I think this is an adaptation for the desert climate.

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Thin lips means your ancestors didn’t diddle “the help”. Caucasians with naturally tan skin fall into this category as well.

R14 I have no clue what that means

Yes r15, you really do have no clue

[quote]So overall most Caucasians are thin lipped

It depends where you grow up / what language you speak and more importantly : how you speak the language.

i.e. French people in France have thinner lips because they hold their mouth tighter when they speak. French Canadians have bigger lips because they speak more "loosely".

In England people have much stronger jaws than English speaking people overseas because they hold their jaw tighter when they speak as opposed to people in the U.S. or Canada for example.

Japanese people have big lips because they barely move their mouth when they speak, it's mostly internal / tongue and not lips. You can say entire sentences without moving your jaw if you want to or at least very, very subtly.

And I'd say that overall, caucasian people do not have thin lips. That's more-so the exception.

Luscious lips.

Men grow cold as boys grow old.

And we all loose our lips in the end

r17's theory is insane.

That's what I was taught in my second languages classes by the Europeans that were teaching them, R20.

I have a friend who is of German and Irish ancestry and she has very full lips.

Thin lips are a sign of congenital alcohol syndrome. Your momma was a drunk

R14 What do you mean by 'the help'. I don't like it when people on DL are unnecessarily vague.

I would think that the climate extremes and how it can get bitter cold in Central Asia would mean that those with a lot of steppe ancestry have thinner lips. Not sure about the neolithic farmers though.

Thank Dog DL has so many accomplished ethnologists and geneticists.

I’m British/Irish and French -German and I love my full lips. I’m as white as they come but tan very well. People mistake me for all kinds of different ethnicities though which is weird. Everyone in my family is dark haired and dark eyed.

What R17 said about the French language is true, some words you have to stretch your lips out to a smile to pronounce certain words correctly.

Lip skin does not have sweat glands, so it doesn't have a protective layer of sweat or oils to keep the skin smooth and regulate warmth. Therefore, the lips get chapped quite easily, especially in dry climates with very little humidity. Thus, Caucasians and Asians living far north in extreme cold conditions evolved to be thin-lipped, while their counterparts closer to the equator with high humidity developed fuller lips. Since Caucasians are not a homogenous race, there is a wide range of lip sizes, just as there are a wide variety of hair and eye color, shade of skin, height and body type.

[quote] That's what I was taught in my second languages classes by the Europeans that were teaching them

Oh, sorry, I didn't know it was a EUROPEAN theory. That changes everything.

They were Europeans describing how people speak in Europe and how that affects your appearance, R30.

Interesting when whites talk about minorities, they call them “thick lips.”

When whites talk about other whites, they are called “full lips.”

R29 Interesting

R11 = Blanche DuBois

I want to talk about Tom Hardy.

R15 I think R14 is talking about white "masters" and black "servants," but he expresses whatever it is very ambiguously. Probably indicative of his mental (in)capacity.

R24, He means somebody fucked a slave at one point so white people with fuller lips have them because there is a little black ancestry in their DNA.

For gorgeous thick lips, young Brando, esp his screen test, c.1948

Iblnew exactly what r14 meant.

You blew R14?