Why Do Many Westerners Have Higher Nose Bridges and Many Asians Have Lower Ones? (A Clear, Non-Stereotypical Explanation)
First, a quick but important point: there is huge variation within every group. Plenty of East Asians have high bridges, and plenty of Europeans have lower bridges. Also, “Westerners” and “Asians” are broad labels that include many ancestries. That said, when people talk about “higher” vs. “lower” noses, they’re usually describing average tendencies in things like nasal bridge height and projection (how…