Chapter 723 - 666: The Half-Blood
Different races have distinct physical characteristics, and before the winds of political correctness blew in, this was absolutely correct knowledge.
One very typical example is the "Carabelli’s tubercle," which refers to an enamel cusp often found near the cervical margin on the lingual surface of the first molars in Caucasians. Carabelli’s tubercle is actually an accessory cusp, and some Caucasians also have it on their second and third molars, but it is extremely rare in people of color.
The shovel-shaped incisors, which appear with a 90% probability among Asian people, are also rare in both Caucasians and people of African descent.
Many people go to hospitals to have bone-shaping surgeries, like cheekbone reduction, precisely because they seek to distinguish their facial features through changes in their bones.
So-called "high class faces" with wide interocular distances, high cheekbones, lateral-pointing chins, and prominent brow ridges also manifest their features through bone structure.
It was only after Jiang Yuan mastered the LV3 Skull Restoration Skill that he began to have insights in this field. After all, the scope of this skill isn’t just limited to domestic use—many countries internationally, especially immigrant nations like the United States, study the racial characteristics of different races and mixed-race individuals, both voluntarily and involuntarily.
By contrast, even if forensic doctors in China have studied the racial characteristics of different races, they seldom touch upon the features of mixed-race individuals, even in Beijing. Veterans like Zeng Lianrong also have a very limited understanding.
"Mixed race, what kind of mixed race?" Zeng Lianrong couldn’t help but ask first, driven by curiosity.
"Eurasian mixed race, I suppose," replied Jiang Yuan, who could only provide a rough idea.
However, even a rough idea was a significant narrowing of the scope, and it could be said to be a major breakthrough. There are many foreigners and mixed-race people in Beijing, but if you only count Eurasian mixed-race individuals, the total number is definitely not that high. More importantly, the police don’t need to find all Eurasian mixed-race people, just those who are missing would suffice.