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Feedback loops in sexual selection like Fisherian runaway may have played a role in the evolution of beauty in some animals, but unlikely in case of facial attractiveness in humans as there is no positive link with lifetime [[reproductive success]] in a variety of cultures.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.01.002</ref> | Feedback loops in sexual selection like Fisherian runaway may have played a role in the evolution of beauty in some animals, but unlikely in case of facial attractiveness in humans as there is no positive link with lifetime [[reproductive success]] in a variety of cultures.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.01.002</ref> | ||
Even though human females are more choosy in accordance to [[Bateman's principle]], it is women who seem to be more ornamented with their [[Boobs|swollen breasts]]<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.02.005</ref> and hour-glass shaped body. Though sexual preference for good looks could be merely a spandrel of a general preference for aesthetics, or it could be driven by a link between good looks and [[good genes hypothesis|healthy genetics]] | Even though human females are more choosy in accordance to [[Bateman's principle]], it is women who seem to be more ornamented with their [[Boobs|swollen breasts]]<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.02.005</ref> and hour-glass shaped body that men strongly desire, but which serve no obvious biological purpose. Though sexual preference for good looks could be merely a spandrel of a general preference for aesthetics, or it could be driven by a link between good looks and [[good genes hypothesis|healthy genetics]] | ||
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