Associations of physical strength with facial shape in an African pastoralist society, the Maasai of Northern Tanzania.

OBJECTIVES:Previous research has documented associations of physical strength and facial morphology predominantly in men of Western societies. Faces of strong men tend to be more robust, are rounder and have a prominent jawline compared with faces of weak men. Here, we investigate whether the morpho...

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Main Authors: Marina L Butovskaya, Sonja Windhager, Dimitri Karelin, Anna Mezentseva, Katrin Schaefer, Bernhard Fink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5978875?pdf=render