:shrug:By Ross Pomeroy
May 18, 2022
In a massive meta-analysis that was years in the making, psychologists from the University of Durham and the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom explored how six masculine traits – a deep voice, height, testosterone levels, facial masculinity, finger digit ratio, and strength/muscularity – impacted men's mating and reproductive success. One trait was the clear winner...
The analysis, which combined 96 studies looking at 177,000 subjects from around the world across a wide variety of cultures, was published in February to the journal eLife.
Lead author Dr. Linda Lidbor, whose academic focus is on the traits that influence human mating decisions, and her colleagues found that men who were more muscular and physically stronger reported having more sexual partners. They also fathered more children. Height, testosterone levels, and a deeper voice predicted mating success to a lesser degree, but none of these traits were linked to having more kids. Masculine facial features like a squared jaw and a prominent chin were not associated with increased mating or reproductive success, nor was a masculine finger digit ratio, in which the index finger is relatively shorter than the 4th (ring) finger.
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2022/05/18/the_trait_that_best_predicts_mens_mating_success_832788.html
