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| Subject: Beard trend is 'guided by evolution' Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:52 am | |
| Have we reached 'peak beard'?
The ebb and flow of men's beard fashions may be guided by Darwinian selection, according to a new study.
The more beards there are, the less attractive they become - giving clean-shaven men a competitive advantage, say scientists in Sydney, Australia.
When "peak beard" frequency is reached, the pendulum swings back toward lesser-bristled chins - a trend we may be witnessing now, the scientists say.
Their study has been published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
In the experiment, women and men were asked to rate different faces with "four standard levels of beardedness".
Both beards and clean-shaven faces became more appealing when they were rare.
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| Subject: Re: Beard trend is 'guided by evolution' Thu Apr 17, 2014 3:56 am | |
| Idiots in science...
Again... |
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