Journal
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 351-356Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(03)00036-9
Keywords
evolutionary psychology; sexual selection; facial attractiveness; health; longevity; good genes; parental investment potential
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In the current investigation, 20 undergraduate students rated 50 high school yearbook photographs from the 1920s on two measures, attractiveness and perceived health. These measures were then correlated with each other and with the photographed subjects' longevity. Facial attractiveness was found to predict future longevity, but perceived health did not. The results are discussed in terms of sexual selection theory. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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