Counterbalance to the Westermarck Effect?
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Women attracted to men who smell like dad
Alison Motluk, New Scientist
A T-shirt sniffing test has revealed that women unwittingly prefer the smell of men who have similar genes to their dads. But this is no Freudian Oedipal complex.
Instead, it appears to be a tactic in a poorly understood evolutionary game, where the prize is either greater resistance to disease, or an unconscious ability to spot distant relatives in a sea of strangers.
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Posted to Oh, the Humanity • 2002.01.22 (Tue) • 20:43
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Posted by Dane 2002.01.23, 13:11
So we’re attracted more to people that are similar to us, ok.. I’ll buy that. What about that person from our past who’s scent we try to find in every breeze? Am I to believe that we will probably find it under our arms? Interesting article. Thanks.
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