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[Tesseract]

i can't figure out why,

to keep shit out of our eyes (lids and such)?

giraffe neck evolution

 

[GavinGT]

Scientists aren't entirely sure why we kept this hair, but they have a pretty good guess. We know that eyebrows help keep moisture out of our eyes when we sweat or walk around in the rain. The arch shape diverts the rain or sweat around to the sides of our face, keeping our eyes relatively dry. The most obvious advantage of this is that it lets us see clearly when we're sweating a lot or out in the rain. Without eyebrows, getting around in these conditions is a little more difficult. The shape of your brow itself diverts a certain amount of moisture, but eyebrows make a significant difference in your ability to see. Diverting the sweat away is also good because the salt in sweat irritates the eyes, making them sting a little.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/eye/question520.htm

 

[Tesseract]

it's sweat, isn't it !

 

[YoungFa]

So others can tell if you're surprised or not.

 

[Ban Puncher]

 

[DJ_Lae]

To keep us from looking like this:

 

[blame space]

it's always sweat.

 

[Kraftwerk]

http://celebswithnoeyebrows.com/

 

[v1lla21]

Just for this
On Fleek

 

[Keby]

To keep us from looking like this:

 

[v1lla21]

http://celebswithnoeyebrows.com/

 

[L00P]

 

[Tesseract]

To keep us from looking like this:

oh, jesus

i am legitimately frightened

the brow is a mysterious aesthetic force

 

[Langdon Alger]

Scientists aren't entirely sure why we kept this hair, but they have a pretty good guess. We know that eyebrows help keep moisture out of our eyes when we sweat or walk around in the rain. The arch shape diverts the rain or sweat around to the sides of our face, keeping our eyes relatively dry. The most obvious advantage of this is that it lets us see clearly when we're sweating a lot or out in the rain. Without eyebrows, getting around in these conditions is a little more difficult. The shape of your brow itself diverts a certain amount of moisture, but eyebrows make a significant difference in your ability to see. Diverting the sweat away is also good because the salt in sweat irritates the eyes, making them sting a little.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/eye/question520.htm

Whoopi Goldberg seems to get along fine without them.

 

[RiccochetJ]

Sweat.

 

[Majine]

I shaved my eyebrows off once.

Never again.

 

[Tesseract]

what animal before us sweats the most, and why we still got them?

 

[Valravn]

Because we would all look like creeps without eyebrows. See above ^

 

[Leynos]

Do any other animals have eyebrows? Not simply hair above the eyes, but raised hair that they can control voluntarily?

 

[Langdon Alger]

What if it's because it makes facial expressions easier to read?

 

[FRV]

http://celebswithnoeyebrows.com/

Wow.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Keep that sweat out of your eyes.

 

[triplestation]

To attract m8s

 

[Valravn]

Do any other animals have eyebrows? Not simply hair above the eyes, but raised hair that they can control voluntarily?

Penguins!

 

[GavinGT]

My favorite part is that this is supposed to be a before/after shot, but it's just the same picture.

 

[metalslimer]

What if it's because it makes facial expressions easier to read?

This is actually one of the theories as to why they are still there along with protecting the eyes from sweat

 

[Log4Girlz]

 

[Booshka]

Dear Leader still looks glorious without eyebrows, obviously doesn't need them because he never sweats.

 

[Wilsongt]

So Nintendo of America can make their characters look hardcore on their boxart. See Kirby.

 

[Boston]

And to help with the sun in our eyes right? Like the way football players put eye black under their eyes.

 

[JordanN]

 

[a secret-boss]

to do this

 

[Black Mamba]

 

[Tesseract]

has nature gone too far?

 

[lastplayed]

 

[Gen X]

This scares me the most.

 

[Paper Sparrow]

How Can Eyebrows Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real

 

[Beaniedude]

How else will I know that Kirby is extreme?

 

[samoscratch]

Yikes at Natalie Portman and George Clooney.

 

[akira28]

i can't figure out why,

to keep shit out of our eyes (lids and such)?

giraffe neck evolution

to give eyelash mites a place to vacation in the summer.

They also help to keep dust and stuff out of your eyes. If you notice the recessed concave curve of the eye, the brow is the first buffer, then the lashes, then the lids.

Also the small amount of static electricity generated by the body localizes in the hairs creating a passive attraction effect for any dust particles that might have floated toward the eye. It's really ingenious when you think about it.

 

[User 479360]

Surely sweat, but also for the hassle of having to shave or pluck our unibrows.

 

[Soriku]

to do this

Yikes.

 

[jediyoshi]

To eat

 

[StaffyManasse]

I came for this gif.

Maybe it's that the cavemen that could do that were more lucky with the cavewomen and it became a prevailing trait?

 

[akira28]

holy shit, G Lucas looks like OG anakin skywalker.

 

[HowZatOZ]

So Australia could have some of the best eyebrows ever to grace our Earth.

 

[PJV3]

Anti-botox brow. I can't decide if she needs an injection before they end up on the back of her head.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

We don't we have fur in the first place? Why did our ancestors lose their hairs?

 

[Messofanego]

To show life.

 

[Brakke]

what good is an eyebrow
if you're unable to see