Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sexual Selection, Signaling and Facial Hair: US and India Ratings of Variable Male Facial Hair Subject The topic of the resource Beard; Cultural evolution; Facial hair; Sexual selection Description An account of the resource Objective: The objective of this study was to address the putative ancestral social signaling value of male facial hair, in concert with variable cultural meaning. The ability to grow facial hair might have served as an honest ancestral signal of male age, social dominance, strength and health. Male facial hair may also have had signaling value for attractiveness, though these might be less strong than effects tied to male-male competition. Male facial hair can also be modified, giving rise to cultural variation in its potential signaling function. Methods: We surveyed N= 252 US men and women and N= 280 Indian men and women, ages 1825, about sociodemographics and attitudes toward male facial hair. Participants rated a randomized series of nine images of a composite male model with facial hair with respect to: preferred style, estimated age, attractive to potential partners, assertive, physically strong, friendly, and healthy. Types of facial hair were group into three categories: clean shaven, partial (e.g., Van Dyke, soul patch, stubble) and beard. Results: Supporting hypothesized differences, results show that more male facial hair was positively associated with age estimates and negatively with friendliness, and positively related to assertiveness and physical strength. Supporting hypotheses, women preferred less facial hair and rated less facial hair as more attractive. Some sample differences arose, such as Indian participants perceiving greater age range estimates than US respondents. Conclusion: These data indicate patterned variation in evaluations of male facial hair that can be situated within an evolutionary and culturally evolved signaling framework. 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gray P.B.; Craig L.K.; Paiz-Say J.; Lavika P.; Kumar S.A.; Rangaswamy M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, Vol-6, No. 2, pp. 170-184. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00134-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-020-00134-4</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083106495&amp;doi=10.1007%2Fs40750-020-00134-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e5d091f5f77670212b44cb70b0be2080" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083106495&amp;doi=10.1007%2fs40750-020-00134-4&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e5d091f5f77670212b44cb70b0be2080</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 21987335 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Gray P.B., Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 455003, Las Vegas, 89154-5003, NV, United States; Craig L.K., Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 455003, Las Vegas, 89154-5003, NV, United States; Paiz-Say J., Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 455003, Las Vegas, 89154-5003, NV, United States; Lavika P., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560029, Karnataka, India; Kumar S.A., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560029, Karnataka, India; Rangaswamy M., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560029, Karnataka, India