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Why face symmetry is sexy across cultures and species »

Posted by: okazakifragment3 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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In humans, faces are an important source of social information. One property of faces that is rapidly noticed is attractiveness. Research has highlighted symmetry and sexual dimorphism (how masculine/feminine a face is) as important variables that determine a face's attractiveness.