Biology question - If traits are selected by being passed down

>>8166588
maybe attractive people were/are also dumber or less fertile.

>>8166588
Well, we are generally speaking better looking on average than even 100 years ago. But genetic traits only have percentage chance of being passed. Also, ugly people tend to be happier, more emotionally stable couples longterm (more likely to generate several offspring)

>>8166592
Also what you think of today as ugly was considered very attractive less than 200 years ago (especially excessive fat)

>>8166588
>If traits are selected by being passed down from successful breeding individuals
Yes
>And attractive people get more tail
No, that's the issue : Dumb and ugly people bone a lot more than you think.

>beauty
>objective
What's ugly today was mad hot 100 years ago, that's why. Scrub question OP.

>>8166647
Disfigured faces have never been attractive and desirable traits of and femininity have held true for most of human history.

>>8166598
Sit your Fat acceptance ass down
Obesity has never been attractive and the levels of fat that were, were barely above overweight.

>>8166667
>Disfigured faces
Just look from behind, you big baboon.

>>8166588
There are a lot of environmental niches an apex predator can fill.

>>8166673
Symmetrical faces are a sign of genetic health.

>>8166682
So are big boobs and asses.

>>8166667
>Obesity has never been attractive and the levels of fat that were, were barely above overweight.
in the 1870s, it was.
And that's just for europe, let alone other cultures.

>>8166667
>Obesity has never been attractive and the levels of fat that were, were barely above overweight.
Your lack of education is showing.

>>8166667
If your definition of "ugly" = "straight up disfigured", then I think you'll find that there really aren't many people who look like that. Also,
>femininity
>objective
>meaning the same thing across different cultures
all of my kek nigga

>>8166667
... Isnt it funny how the uneducated stick out like a sore thumb in /sci

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>>8166689
>>8166690
This was considered beautiful
This is not an obese tumblrite like you

>>8166702
for men, not for women you doofus.

>>8166667
>Disfigured faces have never been attractive
Wrong, the jew hook nose was actually seen as attractive just a few short generations ago and it still is in some circles.

>>8166588
>And attractive people get more tail
and that's where you went wrong.

Attractive MEN get more tail.

Women get laid whether they're attractive or not.

>>8166702
>single example from fairly recent times, historically speaking
>anyone who tells me i'm wrong must be an ess jay dubya, part of the evil organization conspiring against me at every turn
>projection

>>8166702
I guarantee that has a BMI over 30 all the way from her cankles to her chins.