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Study: Men With 'Cavemen' Faces Most Attractive to Women
Fox News ^ | Thursday, August 23, 2007 | Jeanna Bryner

Posted on 08/23/2007 2:32:03 PM PDT by jmcenanly

Guys with bulldog-like faces have been chick magnets throughout human evolutionary history.

A recent study of the skulls of human ancestors and modern humans finds that women, and thereby evolution, selected for males with relatively short upper faces.

The region between the brow and the upper-lip is scrunched proportionately to the overall size of their heads.

Among the men who fit the bill: Will Smith and Brad Pitt.

In a past study, researchers found a similar facial pattern in chimpanzees, with males having relatively shorter and broader faces compared with females, controlling for body size.

Men with "mini mugs" might have been most attractive to the opposite sex and thus most likely to attract mates for reproduction, passing along the striking features to the next generation and so forth, said lead study author Eleanor Weston, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beauty; caveman; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; psychology; science
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To: A_perfect_lady

It depends on what the author of the study looks like.


21 posted on 08/23/2007 2:45:42 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: jmcenanly

Something about Will Smith’s face makes it hard for me to take him serious in movies. I think it’s cause he looks so goofy with those big ears and all.


23 posted on 08/23/2007 2:48:15 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: jmcenanly

24 posted on 08/23/2007 2:48:47 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Dante3

Pitt is a pretty boy...


25 posted on 08/23/2007 2:49:10 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: SIDENET

Women’s only concern is about the size of the thing in your pants.

No, not that silly.

Your wallet.


26 posted on 08/23/2007 2:50:27 PM PDT by zencat (The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
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To: F15Eagle
No, but is that all it does? I just keep getting an ipod type thing with 2 options.
27 posted on 08/23/2007 2:52:09 PM PDT by Jaysun (It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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To: jmcenanly

28 posted on 08/23/2007 2:53:34 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?)
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To: jmcenanly

29 posted on 08/23/2007 2:53:49 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Jaysun

It would sure make a good story, if true! But notice the eyes, distance from pupil to pupil...I guess colored lenses could explain that...


30 posted on 08/23/2007 2:56:52 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: EveningStar; JRios1968

Ping?


31 posted on 08/23/2007 2:57:13 PM PDT by BJClinton (And then it occured to me: a real rocket scientist posted the Friday silliness thread on Thursday.)
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To: SIDENET

Yeah, I get that all the time.


32 posted on 08/23/2007 3:01:23 PM PDT by Uriah_lost ("I don't apologize for the United States of America," -Fred D Thompson)
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To: jmcenanly
"...but this may explain why Rupert Grint is so popular."

Three questions:
1. Who the hell is Rupert Grint?
2. Are those two pictures of the same person?
3. Is either one (or both) the aforementioned Grint?

Seriously, I've never even heard that name before and I'm sure I would have remembered someone that homely.

33 posted on 08/23/2007 3:01:31 PM PDT by Pablo64 (Ask me about my alpacas!)
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To: jmcenanly

In other words, Paul Begala is still a virgin.


34 posted on 08/23/2007 3:02:04 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: aruanan

“Does this mean that cavemen looked like women?”
No! It means that cavewomen looked like men! So there was a lot of confusion.


35 posted on 08/23/2007 3:02:04 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: SIDENET

Women like a guy with a big one.


36 posted on 08/23/2007 3:03:32 PM PDT by ASA Vet (WALLET that is.)
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To: Dante3
Brad Pitt is is feminine looking, despite his attempts at playing gladiator rolls. Women would expect sex with Brad Pitt to be more "cuddly", touchy feely- "are you ever going to get around to doing it" type of sex, with not much sweating involved.

When women see a tough and rough looking guy, like "Duncan MacCloud from the Clan MacCloud" type,(Adrian Paul) larger tougher guy, with real facial hair, with larger toned muscles which promises stamina, ( not peach fuzz, dainty legs and sickly looking like Brad Pitt) They have a vision of more physical, sweaty physically exhausting sex.

With the Brat Pitt types, women need to cover up with a warm blanket afterwards, because they feel a little chilled from being naked.

With the Adrian Paul types, they need to stay naked and turn on a fan to cool off.

Also, it's not only a conscious attraction, more of a subconscious chemical one, natural selection of the strongest (therefore healthier) over the weakest,(indicating sickly and weak.)

37 posted on 08/23/2007 3:04:06 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: A_perfect_lady
I like my men to wear skirts


38 posted on 08/23/2007 3:04:18 PM PDT by colorcountry (Silence isn't always golden.....Sometimes it's just yellow!)
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To: al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; ...
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket TaЯd ping!

The "tards" are the ping list members - not necessarily the subject of the thread.

39 posted on 08/23/2007 3:07:17 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: stormer

Was I the only one who wasn’t really torn up when Juliet Lewis bit the dust in that movie? Good grief was she annoying!!!


40 posted on 08/23/2007 3:07:24 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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