Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 433-442 , November 2006

Visible skin color distribution plays a role in the perception of age, attractiveness, and health in female faces

  • Bernhard Fink

      Affiliations

    • Department for Sociobiology/Anthropology, Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department for Sociobiology/Anthropology, Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Berliner Strasse 28, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. Tel.: +49 551 39 9344; fax: +49 551 39 7299.
    • ,
  • Karl Grammer

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Urban Ethology, c/o Department for Anthropology, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Paul J. Matts

      Affiliations

    • P&G Beauty, Rusham Park Technical Centre, Whitehall Lane, Egham, KT15 2HT Surrey, United Kingdom

Received 2 November 2005 ,Accepted 10 August 2006.

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☆ This project was funded by Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, USA).

PII: S1090-5138(06)00060-2

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.08.007

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 433-442 , November 2006

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