(February 3, 2013 at 2:03 pm)Zone Wrote: The same sexual selective prinicipal applies to us as applies to peacocks. Chimpanzees you'll notice have a damn ugly face while humans are not so ugly. Therefore there was a rearrgangement of facial structure to suit differing tastes of what would be considered attractive in a mate. What accounts for that is sexual selection.
I've been googling for information as to why we ended up with chins. There are several different ideas including sexual selection but nobody really knows. Maybe we'll have to wait until they find out before we can definitely say that the modern human face is all down to what our hominid ancestors found attractive.
Meanwhile, here are a couple of examples of what some female sci-fi fans find attractive.
Kern, a Star Trek Klingon
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Kurn.jpg
Todd, a Stargate Atlantis Wraith
http://images.wikia.com/stargate/images/...l_Todd.jpg
If the female fans didn't have to settle for ordinary, human looking men, sexual selection would result in many future humans having heavy brow ridges and bumpy foreheads.
PS: I rather fancy Klingons, myself.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?