The Chinese say Long Ears, Long Life? True or hogwash?

Factual Questions
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I have heard this a number of times, from Chinese. They believe traditionally that if you have long ears, this will usually correspond with you having a longer life (assuming death from natural causes). I did some searching around and came up with some anecdotal info and pages on how to select dog breeds lol but nothing really conclusive delving into the topic head-on.

Is there any biological evidence to support this? Or is it like reading palms or the many other kinds of “age divining” out there?

Thanks.

2

Heh. No wonder Elves and Vulcans are darned-near immortal… :slight_smile:

3

Yeah… good point… LOL that got me thinking.

Are Vulcans meant to be like space elves in some way ;)? Ha ha ha.

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Just a thought, but your ears are one of the only parts of your body that continue to grow as you age. (For example, look at older men, they’re ears seem disproportionate to their heads)

Big ears = you’ve been around the block a time or two.

Just an idea…

D.

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Your ears (or any other part of your body) don’t grow as you age. However, they may get stretched out a bit.

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So I guess the true saying is “those who have long life, have long ears”.

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I work for a Chinese physician who laughed at this one. Is that kinda like big hands, big feet, big ---- guys?

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I heard a similar thing, with the following change. Big ears big luck(lucky) in life. Anyway way you look at it, it appears that big ears may not be all that bad. Until the ear jokes start. “Look, in the sky, earplanes”