Biology: Symmetry Plays Role in the Match From: The Washington Post | Date: February 17, 1997| Author: Cristine Russell | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but in the animal kingdom those with symmetrical bodies seem to be the most sexy.

Biologist Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico and his colleagues compared human symmetry with confidential survey data from nearly 1,000 college students.

Men with the most symmetrical physical features tended to have more sex partners than less symmetrical males, lose their virginity earlier and have female partners with more frequent...

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