Moles

[aimar]

Are certain ethnicities more prone to have more moles than others?
Have you ever noticed any pattern?

Are moles even a genetic trait?
I believe they are, because I have dozens of moles all over my body, so does my brother and so does all of my family from my father's side.

Discuss, or not.

[Talvi]

Mmm the Japanese seem to have more than other East-Asians, especially compared to Koreans I think.

[Corvus]

I have just two or three, but I have acne instead

[Vasconcelos]

Mmm the Japanese seem to have more than other East-Asians, especially compared to Koreans I think.

That's interesting because I was under the assumption that Japanese and Koreans were genetically very similar.

[Sikeliot]

That's interesting because I was under the assumption that Japanese and Koreans were genetically very similar.

They are.

[Willem]

They are.

No, they aren't. Japanese people have Ainu influence which Koreans don't have.

[Sikeliot]

No, they aren't. Japanese people have Ainu influence which Koreans don't have.

Wouldn't Ainu influence be restricted to some parts of Japan by now and only a very small amount of their genome?

[Willem]

Wouldn't Ainu influence be restricted to some parts of Japan by now and only a very small amount of their genome?

Most Japanese are a mixture between Jomon (Ainu-like) and Yayoi (Korean-like). Overall the Yayoi ancestry is much higher than the Jomon, but Japanese people are still distinguishable (to the trained eye) from mainland East Asians because of Ainu/Jomon elements in them.

[Sikeliot]

Most Japanese are a mixture between Jomon (Ainu-like) and Yayoi (Korean-like). Overall the Yayoi ancestry is much higher than the Jomon, but Japanese people are still distinguishable (to the trained eye) from mainland East Asians because of Ainu/Jomon elements in them.

I can often tell Japanese people apart, they tend to have more gracile features and less of the extremely round, flat-faced look. This may be due to the Ainu influence.

But at the same time I think many of them do look like Koreans. Not so much like Chinese though.

[Willem]

I can often tell Japanese people apart, they tend to have more gracile features and less of the extremely round, flat-faced look. This may be due to the Ainu influence.

But at the same time I think many of them do look like Koreans. Not so much like Chinese though.

Japanese people are also slightly darker and hairier than Koreans.