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Not sure I understand the downvotes. We demonstrably have culture, including higher function language. The "other species" they mention as being the comparator
by 4ndrewl 1y ago
Not sure I understand the downvotes. We demonstrably have culture, including higher function language. The "other species" they mention as being the comparator don't.
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- JimDabell 1y ago> Did the authors take into account You could read the study to determine answers to questions like this. Instead you want somebody else to read the study and explain it to you. You should expect questions like this to be downvoted.
- 4ndrewl 1y agoI mean, it was a rhetorical question, but ok.
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- meinersbur 1y agoRight from the abstract: > Our findings confirm the existence of a robust “Gender Attractiveness Gap” (GAP), with female faces rated significantly more attractive than male faces across rater genders, cultural backgrounds, and portrayed ethnicities.
- 4ndrewl 1y agoThat's a different thing. They are asserting this pattern exists in all human cultures, not that it's a feature of human cultures (vs other species, also as per the abstract)
- jappgar 1y agoDownvotes because HN is essentially a knowitall collective and these types are very resistant to anything being "cultural" and not universal.