A cross-cultural study of sex-typicality and averageness: Correlation between frontal and lateral measures of human faces.

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dc.contributor.authorDanel, Dariusz
dc.contributor.authorVarella Valentova, Jaroslava
dc.contributor.authorSánchez, Oscar R.
dc.contributor.authorLeongómez, Juan David
dc.contributor.authorVarella, Marco
dc.contributor.authorKleisner, Karel
dc.contributor.orcidLeongómez, Juan David [0000-0002-0092-6298]
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T21:43:37Z
dc.date.available2020-05-14T21:43:37Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractenglishObjectives Facial averageness and sexual dimorphism are extensively studied attractiveness markers, which are viewed as possible indicators of biological quality. Both are complex morphological traits, and both can be easily assessed from frontal and lateral projection of a human face. Interestingly, examination of mutual relations between the frontal and lateral dimensions of these markers has so far received little attention in published research. Methods In our cross‐cultural study, we used geometric morphometric data from male and female faces from Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, and the Czech Republic, and analyzed correlations between frontal and lateral measurements of averageness and degree of maleness/femaleness, that is, the individual variation in features that characterize sexual dimorphism. We also analyzed whether the association between frontal and lateral measurements differed in men and women. Results In general, our results showed a moderate correlation in sexually dimorphic features between lateral and frontal facial configuration in both sexes, while frontal and lateral facial averageness was moderately correlated only in women. This pattern was less consistent when individual populations were analyzed separately. Conclusions We suggest that, in general, the weak association between lateral and frontal facial configurations may be the result of selection pressures in favor of individual identity signals. Moreover, especially in women, the frontal and lateral dimension of a given facial attractiveness marker may provide similar information about the qualities of the individual. The absence of a significant correlation in male facial averageness suggests that frontal and lateral averageness convey different information about an individual.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23147
dc.identifier.issn1520-6300
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/2805
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWileyspa
dc.publisher.journalAmerican Journal of Human Biologyspa
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Journal of Human Biology, 1520-630, Vol 30, Num 5, 2018, pag e23147spa
dc.relation.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23147
dc.rights.creativecommons2018
dc.rights.localAcceso cerradospa
dc.subject.decsCaraspa
dc.subject.decsDimorfismo sexualspa
dc.titleA cross-cultural study of sex-typicality and averageness: Correlation between frontal and lateral measures of human faces.spa
dc.title.translatedA cross-cultural study of sex-typicality and averageness: Correlation between frontal and lateral measures of human faces.spa
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