Facial masculinity does not appear to be a condition-dependent male ornament in humans and does not reflect MHC heterozygosity
A. A. Zaidi, J. D. White, B. C. Mattern, C. R. Liebowitz, D. A. Puts, P. Claes, M. D. Shriver
The paper examines facial masculinity as a potential condition-dependent male ornament and finds it correlates with height but not MHC heterozygosity, refuting its role as an immunocompetence indicator.
bioRxiv · May 17, 2018Evolutionary Biology