The Higgs boson represent an exception, and is the result of quite a complicated mechanism. And if the new particle were a Higgs-like boson it would be even mor

The Higgs boson represent an exception, and is the result of quite a complicated mechanism. And if the new particle were a Higgs-like boson it would be even more surprising. Except for the Higgs boson, the usual picture is that matter particles are fermions and force mediators are bosons: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Standard_Model_of_Elementary_Particles.svg/2000px-Standard_Model_of_Elementary_Particles.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/St...