Bigger isn't always better
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 22:35
in Biology & Nature
It is time to reconsider the adage that bigger is better,' according to scientists writing in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters today. Rebecca Sear from the London School of Economics and Frank Marlowe from Florida State University found that traditional hunter-gatherers aren't influenced by size when picking a mate, unlike in the industrialised west where both height and body size affect mate choice...