In Your Face: Genes, Expressions, and Identity
Update: 2025-09-10
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How much of who we are is written on the face? From family resemblances and DNA phenotyping to doppelgängers, expressions, and cultural interpretations, the face lies at the crossroads of biology and society.
In this episode of The Forensic Lens Podcast, I explore what genes can and cannot reveal about appearance, how Filipino expressions carry unique meanings, and why snap judgments about “criminal-looking” faces echo the pseudoscience of physiognomy. The face is more than features — it is a layered text of inheritance, culture, and perception.
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