Unnatural Selection

I ran across this somewhat odd article the other day - Men Prefer Women Who Look Like Them: Study.

Hmmm ...

It seems that a group of French researchers at the Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier have conducted a study which focused on two evolutionary hypotheses: the theory of homogamy, which suggests that many animal species prefer genetically similar partners ... that is, those who look like them; and the uncertainty of paternity ... a man's preference for women who will contribute fewer of their own traits to their children, allowing him to identify his own offspring more easily.

The results of the study indicated that men did, indeed, identify women as attractive who resembled their own faces, but did not support the uncertainty of paternity hypothesis.

This means there must be a lot of phenomenally ugly men out there looking for equally phenomenally ugly women.

I had enough trouble finding dates in high school without the added pressure of trying to find a girl that looked like me. And why would I have wanted a girl who looked like me, anyhow?  I love my sister, but ...

I think this is another candidate for an Ig Nobel Prize.

Have a good day. Don't tell Agnes that she looks like me ... there's no telling how she'll react, but it could be ugly.

More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo