Epicanthic folds also occur, at a considerably lower frequency, in other populations: Europeans (e.g., Scandinavians, English, Irish, Hungarians, Russians, Poles, Lithuanians, Finns, Estonians and Samis), South Asians (Sinhalese, Bengalis among other groups in eastern South Asia), Nilotes, Cushitics and Amazigh people.
The degree of development of the fold between individuals varies greatly, attribution of its presence or absence is often subjective, and its frequency varies clinally across Eurasia.
Its use, therefore, as a phenotypic marker to define biological populations is debatable.
Epicanthic folds also occur, at a considerably lower frequency, in other populations: Europeans (e.g., Scandinavians, English, Irish, Hungarians, Russians, Poles, Lithuanians, Finns, Estonians and Samis), South Asians (Sinhalese, Bengalis among other groups in eastern South Asia), Nilotes, Cushitics and Amazigh people. The degree of development of the fold between individuals varies greatly, attribution of its presence or absence is often subjective, and its frequency varies clinally across Eurasia. Its use, therefore, as a phenotypic marker to define biological populations is debatable.
Epicanthic fold