The mystery of female beauty

J. T. Manning (), R. L. Trivers, D. Singh and R. Thornhill
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J. T. Manning: School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool
R. L. Trivers: Rutgers University
D. Singh: University of Texas
R. Thornhill: University of New Mexico

Nature, 1999, vol. 399, issue 6733, 214-215

Abstract: Abstract Yu and Shepard1 have reported a preference for heavy women with high waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) in a culturally isolated population in southeast Peru. Their findings are interesting because a preference for low WHR is widespread in westernized populations2,3,4,5. However, we disagree with their argument that cultural invariance is necessary for an adaptionist interpretation of WHR preference.

Date: 1999
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