Sexual Selection on Human Faces and Voices
Sexual Selection on Human Faces and Voices
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DOI：
10.1080/00224499.2012.658924
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
DeBruine, Lisa M.
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作者：
Puts, David A.;Jones, Benedict C.;DeBruine, Lisa M.
人类是高度性别二型的灵长类动物，一些最明显的人类性别差异发生在面部和声音上。因此，本文利用对人脸和声音的研究结果来说明人类的性别差异可能是由性选择引起的（即，有利于增加交配机会的性状的自然选择类型）。证据表明，性选择塑造了女性的面孔和声音进行审查。然而，性选择对男性的作用可能比人类进化更强。因此，这项研究集中在两种类型的性选择对男性的操作：女性的配偶选择，这有利于吸引女性的特点，和男性的竞争，这有利于排除竞争对手的特点，通过武力或武力的威胁。本文展示了男性化的面孔和声音是如何影响男性的配偶价值和潜在威胁的关键信息的，并回顾了女性的偏好和男性对男性化面孔和声音的尊重反映了这一信息内容的证据。数据表明，面部和声音的阳刚之气影响男性的交配机会和繁殖进行了讨论，文章的结论是强调未来的研究方向。
Humans are highly sexually dimorphic primates, and some of the most conspicuous human sex differences occur in the face and voice. Consequently, this article utilizes research findings on human faces and voices to illustrate how human sex differences may have arisen by sexual selection (i.e., the type of natural selection favoring traits that increase mating opportunities). Evidence suggesting that sexual selection shaped women's faces and voices is reviewed. However, sexual selection likely operated more strongly on men over human evolution. Thus, this research focuses on two types of sexual selection operating on men: female mate choice, which favors traits that attract females, and male contests, which favor traits for excluding competitors from mates by force or threat of force. This article demonstrates how masculine faces and voices advertize critical information about men's mate value and threat potential, and reviews evidence that women's preferences and men's deference to masculine faces and voices reflect this information content. Data suggesting that facial and vocal masculinity influences men's mating opportunities and reproduction are discussed, and the article concludes by highlighting directions for future research.