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JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 453-458Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-011-0274-0
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Attractiveness; Homo sapiens sapiens; Reproductive success; Sexual selection
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- KEGA [3/7454/09]
- VEGA [1/0137/11]
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Theory suggests that reproductive success is positively associated with an individual's genetic quality. However, the association between physical attractiveness and reproductive success (i.e., number of offspring) in modern humans remains less clear. Here we examined associations between men's reproductive success and physical attractiveness from retrospective data obtained from married, divorced, and single samples of Slovakian men. As predicted, facially more attractive and taller men were more likely to engage in marriage. In turn, married men had higher reproductive success than single men. Even when men's marital status was considered, facially more attractive men had higher reproductive success than their less attractive counterparts. This supports the importance of physical attractiveness in sexual selection in modern humans.
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