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Life History of Female Preferences for Male Faces: A Comparison of Pubescent Girls, Nonpregnant and Pregnant Young Women, and Middle-aged Women
Although scientific interest in facial attractiveness has developed substantially in recent years, few studies have contributed to our understanding of the ontogeny of facial preferences. In this study, attractiveness of 30 male faces was evaluated by four female groups: girls at puberty, nonpregnant and pregnant young women, and middle-aged women. The main findings are as follows: (1) Preference for sexy-looking faces was strongest in young, nonpregnant women. (2) Biologically more mature girls displayed more adultlike preferences. (3) The intragroup consistency for postmenopausal women was relatively low. (4) In terms of the preference pattern, pregnant women were more similar to perimenopausal women than they were to their nonpregnant peers. (5) Preference for youthful appearance decreased with the age of the women. I argue that the life history of female preferences for male faces is, to a large extent, hormone-driven and underpinned by a set of evolutionary adaptations
Nonprogressive Scrotal Hair Growth in Two Infants
Two infant boys developed scrotal hairs within the first three months of life. There was no other clinical or biochemical evidence of excessive androgen production, and no further progression of hair growth
Validity of sputum eosinophilia in diagnosing coexistent asthma in children with cystic fibrosis
Non-Classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Phenotype in a Female Newborn Heterozygous for the 21-Hydroxylase Gene Mutation
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Unresponsiveness Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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