The cream of the crop: literally

Handsome men have the best sperm:

    researchers showed that men with the healthiest, fastest sperm were rated as the most facially attractive by women.

    The characteristics of a person’s face have long been regarded as an indicator of health. But this is the first direct evidence to suggest a man’s reproductive quality correlates with his facial characteristics, say the authors.

    Maria Sancho-Navarro, a team member at the University of Valencia, Spain, said that symmetrical faces were rated as more attractive by the women. And other studies have shown that people with more symmetrical features are less likely to suffer ill health.

2 comments

  1. Probably because society accepts symmetrical faces, thus easing symmetrical people from the stress-induced illnesses caused by being asymmetrical! Mis-matches unite!

  2. well lucky it’s the face and not the physique, otherwise i’d have some bad news for my spouse, who’s been talking about future little exliontamers…..