The relationship of female physical attractiveness to body fatness

The relationship of female physical attractiveness to body fatness

Aspects of the female body may be attractive because they signal evolutionary fitness. Greater body fatness might reflect greater potential to survive famines, but individuals carrying larger fat stores may have poor health and lower fertility in non-famine conditions. A mathematical statistical mod...

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Main Authors: Guanlin Wang, Kurosh Djafarian, Chima A. Egedigwe, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Robert Ojiambo, Harris Ramuth, Sandra Johanna Wallner-Liebmann, Sonja Lackner, Adama Diouf, Justina Sauciuvenaite, Catherine Hambly, Lobke M. Vaanholt, Mark D. Faries, John R. Speakman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-08-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Evolution
Mate selection
Female physical attractiveness
Body fat
Waist to hip ratio
Fertility
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1155.pdf

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