Do Men's Faces Really Signal Heritable Immunocompetence?
October 2012
in “
Behavioral Ecology
”
Studysummary This review argues that the immunocompetence hypothesis, linking masculine facial features to attractiveness through health benefits, lacks sufficient evidence and sidesteps alternative explanations.
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