Deep Dive Ep. 25 | Why Is Red Hair More Attractive In Women?

This week’s episode follows on from last week’s Q&A in which we discussed the relatively positive effect of moles on the beauty of female beauty. With evidence from the literature, we extend this logic to red hair.

• Frost, Peter. “The puzzle of European hair, eye, and skin color.” Advances in Anthropology 2014 (2014).
• Thelen, Thomas H. “Minority type human mate preference.” Social Biology 30.2 (1983): 162-180.
• Frost, Peter, Karel Kleisner, and Jaroslav Flegr. “Health status by gender, hair color, and eye color: Red-haired women are the most divergent.” PLoS One 12.12 (2017): e0190238.

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Deep Dive Ep. 25 | Why Is Red Hair More Attractive In Women?

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