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One way of determining a person’s likely ethnicity is looking inside their ears. Simply put, there are two kinds of earwax: dry and white, or wet and brownish. Genetic research shows that Caucasians tend to have the sticky type, while East Asians generally have the dry kind. This is due to a variant of the ABCC11 gene, which also affects the chemical that produces body odor. Koreans, Japanese, and others of East Asian descent typically have un-sticky earwax and un-smelly bodies due to the same gene.
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The ear wax information is new to me. As always, thanks.
However, in regard to East Asians having no bodily smell, I have read that most Asians (Japanese, especially) smell like fish because it is a large portion of their diet.
To them, we smell like beef.