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Some have argued that an elongated midface affects men more adversely than women, however this appears to be an unsubstantiated claim. | Some have argued that an elongated midface affects men more adversely than women, however this appears to be an unsubstantiated claim. | ||
A short midface (in particular a high ratio of upper and lower facial features) is actually a [[neoteny|neotenous]] trait, and women's faces are more neotenous. Women have a shorter philtrum,<ref>https://www.facebase.org/facial_norms/summary/#phillength</ref> and while women's upper-to-lower-facial-height ratio is 1.23, men's is only 1.07.<ref name="tanikawa2016">Tanikawa, C., Zere, E., & Takada, K. (2016). Sexual dimorphism in the facial morphology of adult humans: A three-dimensional analysis. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 67(1), 23–49. doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2015.10.001</ref>. As a | A short midface (in particular a high ratio of upper and lower facial features) is actually a [[neoteny|neotenous]] trait, and women's faces are more neotenous. Women have a shorter philtrum,<ref>https://www.facebase.org/facial_norms/summary/#phillength</ref> and while women's upper-to-lower-facial-height ratio is 1.23, men's is only 1.07.<ref name="tanikawa2016">Tanikawa, C., Zere, E., & Takada, K. (2016). Sexual dimorphism in the facial morphology of adult humans: A three-dimensional analysis. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, 67(1), 23–49. doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2015.10.001</ref>. As a result, mid/lower facial compactness may be even more important for women. | ||
Conversely, a long distance between nose and mouth appears gerontomorphic, even apish and brutish as various great apes closely related to humans, e.g. Chimpanzees, have strong forward growth of the maxilla, presumably owing to less self-domesticated nature, consumption of raw rather than cooked meat, and using their mouth as a mechanical tool like many other animals do to eat their prey (rather than using their hands like humans). | Conversely, a long distance between nose and mouth appears gerontomorphic, even apish and brutish as various great apes closely related to humans, e.g. Chimpanzees, have strong forward growth of the maxilla, presumably owing to less self-domesticated nature, consumption of raw rather than cooked meat, and using their mouth as a mechanical tool like many other animals do to eat their prey (rather than using their hands like humans). | ||