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Do Men Grow Beards To Show Dominance? Here's What The Science Says
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Scientists have long known that beards can make a man seem more dominant and masculine.
Now provocative new research involving primates shows that male facial hair is more elaborate in social groups involving intense competition for rank, dominance and attractiveness (see video above).
Is the same phenomenon seen in humans, and might that explain the rise of the hipster beard? Maybe so.
"In general, our new research shows that body ornaments appear to be more elaborate in larger groups of primates (where signaling quality and status to strangers is of great importance) and the same may apply to humans which live in fairly large societies," Dr. Cyril Grueter, an associate professor of biological anthropology at the University of Western Australia in Perth and the study's lead author, told The Huffington Post in an email.
For the study, the researchers analyzed facial hair and other body ornaments of 154 primates species--from the long capes of white and silvery hair in hamadryas baboons to the elongated noses of proboscis monkeys.
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Cont: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/science-beards-men-dominance_n_6946834.html?ir=UK+Lifestyle&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 :14:
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Do Men Grow Beards To Show Dominance? Here's What The Science Says
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Scientists have long known that beards can make a man seem more dominant and masculine.
Now provocative new research involving primates shows that male facial hair is more elaborate in social groups involving intense competition for rank, dominance and attractiveness (see video above).
Is the same phenomenon seen in humans, and might that explain the rise of the hipster beard? Maybe so.
"In general, our new research shows that body ornaments appear to be more elaborate in larger groups of primates (where signaling quality and status to strangers is of great importance) and the same may apply to humans which live in fairly large societies," Dr. Cyril Grueter, an associate professor of biological anthropology at the University of Western Australia in Perth and the study's lead author, told The Huffington Post in an email.
For the study, the researchers analyzed facial hair and other body ornaments of 154 primates species--from the long capes of white and silvery hair in hamadryas baboons to the elongated noses of proboscis monkeys.
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Cont: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/science-beards-men-dominance_n_6946834.html?ir=UK+Lifestyle&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067 :14:
