UCSB study finds physical strength, fighting ability revealed in human faces

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UCSB study finds physical strength, fighting ability revealed in human faces
by EurekAlert - RichardDawkins.net

For our ancestors, misjudging the physical strength of a would-be opponent might have resulted in painful -- and potentially deadly -- defeat.

Now, a study conducted by a team of scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara has found that a mechanism exists within the human brain that enables people to determine with uncanny accuracy the fighting ability of men around them by honing in on their upper body strength. What's more, that assessment can be made even when everything but the men's faces are obscured from view....

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