If the face fits: science of attraction is based on personal experience – study
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#P5KR)
US research analysing 35,000 volunteers' preferences for wide variety of different faces finds sexual attraction is not based on genetics or other influences
If your partner has a face that could curdle milk, you only have yourself to blame. Scientists have found that the faces we fancy are shaped more by our personal experiences than genetics or other influences.
Their study into facial attraction showed that when it came to rating people as hot or not, even identical twins who grew up together disagreed. In fact, genetics turned out to explain only a fifth of the variation in people's tastes, meaning very little was inherited.
