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I think it's because Starfinders have access to spandex and other flexible clothing that Pahtfinders don't have. Another possibility is that it's a side effect of spending too much time at zero-g, or for anthropomorphic species with fur if pictures of them were taken in zero-g causing their fur to stand straight on end. Hairspray could be used to make fur stand up all the time even without zero-g. If you ask a shirren I'm sure they could come up with even more options...
Well they are in space so the heads are like sputnik spherical but quite pointy in parts.
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My research group actually analyzed this very question a few years ago. We have found evidence for goblin DNA in the genomes of every species affected by this phenotype change.* Without a representative sample of pre-Gap remains available for comparison testing, we cannot conclude with certainty when this admixture occured let alone how, but existing records do suggest that the phenotype at least was not present before the Gap.
The exception is Akitonian ysoki. Pre-Gap remains we were able to analyze did not have any detectable goblin sequences. Given the volume of desert mummies we actually tested what we consider a representative sample of that planet's ysoki population. But of course we can only speculate if the same timeline (whatever it was) applied to the other affected species.
*When I say evidence I am not speaking of proof, but our confidence level was 4-6 sigmas for 91% of the sequences and 7 sigmas in 2% of them.
You can read more details in the Kashakian Journal of Modern Medicine, Series 8 Vol. 81 Issue 27.