Strong Jaws, Tiny Index Fingers, more masculine??

Discussion in 'Human Science' started by arauca, Feb 18, 2012.

  1. arauca Banned Banned

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    Kirk Douglas may have nabbed man's-man roles in Spartacus and other films by virtue of his jutting jaw. But casting directors seem to have missed one of the actor's manlier traits: a stubby index finger. Scientists have known that men boasting traditionally more masculine mandibles—think Douglas's iconic cleft chin—also tend to have short pointer fingers relative to their ring fingers. But no one knew if the trend held true for kids not yet through puberty. To find out, researchers photographed 17 boys between 4 and 11 years old. And, sure enough, those with more petite trigger fingers also bore bigger, rounder chins (at right). They also had smaller foreheads and thicker eyebrows, the group reports online in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. High levels of in utero testosterone may help to shape both the digit mismatch and the lads' faces, pointing the importance of the hormone even early in life. Call it the Spartacus, Jr. effect
    http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/02/scienceshot-strong-jaws-tiny-index.html?ref=hp
     
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  3. wynn ˙ Valued Senior Member

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    Real masculinity is a matter of character, not of looks.
     
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  5. arauca Banned Banned

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    I just posted a study relating Jaws and the ring finger .

    But you are right there can be faggots with wide jaws
     
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  7. nathalie17 Registered Member

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    Seems interesting
     

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