Grin and share it; Our facial expressions are inherited, say scientists.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: October 17, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: JULIE WHELDON

YOU may not have your mother's eyes but you could certainly share her laugh.

Or the way she chews her bottom lip when she concentrates. Not to mention that habit of wrinkling her nose.

Scientists believe facial expressions are handed down from generation to generation.

And for the first time, they claim to have the proof that such similarities are not simply the result of children copying their elders.

Even those born blind will adopt the same distinctive expressions as their parents and siblings, despite never having seen their faces, ...

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