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The bio-logic of facial geometry

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  • David A. Meyer

    (Project in Geometry and Physics, Department of Mathematics 0112)

  • Melanie W Quong

    (University of California at San Diego)

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The final paragraph of the Letter by Perrett et al.1, on the effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness, remarks that “preferences would encourage a youthful, neotenous appearance in the species generally”. But this conflicts with the semantics of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ they use to construct their argument. Brennan's caricatures of Ronald Reagan2 also hint at this conflict. We have examined the logic of this argument and suggest that biological data might strengthen inferences made by Perrett et al.1.

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  • David A. Meyer & Melanie W Quong, 1999. "The bio-logic of facial geometry," Nature, Nature, vol. 397(6721), pages 661-662, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:397:y:1999:i:6721:d:10.1038_17720
    DOI: 10.1038/17720
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