She Is Pretty, And Her Children Will Be Prettier

Variation is the spice of nature - an age-old cliche that stills get a place in the modern dictionary. But hey, hang on. Did you really think so? Variation: agreed. But, why do people say that variation leads to a unacceptable change, and that, one should remain the same for they look the great they are. Well, I discard the latter.

Here's some good news for the ladies: a group of scientists has claimed that evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful. According to a series of studies of physical attractiveness and its links to reproductive success in humans, researchers found that pretty women have more children than their plainer counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Those daughters, once adult, also tend to be attractive and so repeat the pattern.

Markus Jokela, one of the lead researchers at the University of Helsinki, found beautiful women had up to 16 percent more children than their plainer counterparts. To reach the conclusion, Jokela used data gathered in America, in which 1,244 women and 997 men were followed through four decades of life, reports The Times.

Needless to say, the attractiveness of these women were rated on the basis of the photographs taken during the study.

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