An eye for beauty locks onto faces that show signs of health and ferti…

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An eye for beauty locks onto faces that show signs of health and fertility - just as one would predict if it had evolved to help the beholder find the fittest mate. ✨ Steven Pinker (2003). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, p.85, Penguin
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