TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints696
UR  - http://cogprints.org/696/
A1  - Mueller, U.
A1  - Mazur, A.
TI  - Facial Dominance in Homo Sapiens as Honest Signaling of Male Quality
Y1  - 1998///
N2  - For a cohort of military officers, graduates of the class of 1950 of the United States Military Academy at West Point, dominant facial appearance was a cosnistent and important predictor of rank attainment at the academy and - for those who graduated from staff college - for high final rank. For men performing below the average, however, dominant facial appearance was a handicap for promotion. High rank came with high fitness. Thus, facial dominance can be an evolutionarily stable honest signal of dominant behavior, a crucial dimension of the potential for high stastus in a male dominance hierarchy. These findings may apply also to civilian populations.
AV  - public
KW  - facial dominance
KW  -  homo sapiens
KW  -  honest signaling
KW  -  rank
KW  -  reproductive success
KW  -  status
ER  -

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