Mystery of Ascia/Agia

Son of Witz · 21 Jan 2011, 19:25 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:25:11 -0500
Subject: (urth) Mystery of Ascia/Agia
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On Fri, January 21, 2011 2:13 pm, Ant??nio Pedro Marques wrote:
> Son of Witz wrote (21-01-2011 19:06):
>> It
>> doesn't mean they would definitely lose traits like the distinctive
>> eyes.
>
> If persistence of epicanthic folds (all embryos have got them) is
> associated
> to extreme climates as suggested, then it is likely they would lose them
> over time. Just how much time is another matter.


Again with natural selection.
They could select for the epicanthic folds.
And in fact, North America would be a cold environment in Urth times.

But enough digression.  Those eyes are not described on the Ascians.

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