Was facial width-to-height ratio subject to sexual selection pressures? A life course approach

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 3; p. e0240284
• Main Authors: Hodges-Simeon, Carolyn R., Albert, Graham, Richardson, George B., McHale, Timothy S., Weinberg, Seth M., Gurven, Michael, Gaulin, Steven J. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.03.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Anthropometry - methods; Biology and Life Sciences; Body Mass Index; Child; Child, Preschool; Face - anatomy & histology; Face - physiology; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Natural selection; People and Places; Photography; Physiological aspects; Sexual Selection; Young Adult; Bolivia

Sexual selection researchers have traditionally focused on adult sex differences; however, the schedule and pattern of sex-specific ontogeny can provide insights unobtainable from an exclusive focus on adults. Recently, it has been debated whether facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR; bi-zygomatic bre...