Journal
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 48-54Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.05.007
Keywords
female attractiveness; female health; cardiovascular fitness
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For a set of color video clips that depict a 360 degrees view of the bodies of 43 young Caucasian women who are within the normal range of percentage of body fat, we show that their attractiveness to both male and female observers depends strongly on their percentage of body fat and their level of skin tanning, but is not significantly related to their cardiovascular fitness (a key health measure). Although evolutionary psychology suggests that physical health should play a role in determining attractiveness judgements, it appears that cardiovascular fitness may be a weak cue, at least in bodies not undergoing cardiovascular exercise. Instead, it seems that more salient cues, such as body mass and skin tanning, are the primary determinants of attractiveness judgements. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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