I like big butts and I cannot lie-explained by SCIENCE
Mar 5, 2015 7:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Mar 5, 2015 7:34:29 GMT -5
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It is no secret that men tend to prefer women with small waists, long legs and an ample bust, but now scientists have added a curved spine to the list.
Researchers have discovered that men are particularly attracted to women with a back that curves 45 degrees above the top of her bottom.
Such an angle would have given a woman an advantage while pregnant in early hunter-gatherer societies and so has evolved as being seen as attractive around the world, they claim.
The findings suggest one possible reason for why the curvy figures of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez are seen as being so attractive.
The scientists found that extra mass around the buttocks could often enhance the curvature of a woman's spine.
WOMEN'S BOTTOM FAT MAY HELP BABIES' BUILD BIG BRAINS
Curvy hips and buttocks may provide vital 'fat banks' that help to fuel the development of newborn babies' brains, claim scientists.
Researchers say the fat stored around the buttocks provides extra energy for babies when they are breast feeding.
The scientists at Pittsburgh University say the fat there is rich in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), which is a particularly important component in the human brain.
Over the past five million years, the average human brain has trebled in volume from 400ml to 1,200ml. It could therefore follow that women have had to become fatter to keep up with the growing demands of babies’ brains.
The researchers argue that mothers who breast-feed typically lose one pound of fat (half a kilo) a month.
However, the researchers also found that a physical curvature of the spine - known as vertebral wedging - was seen as more attractive than extra buttock mass.
Dr David Lewis, a psychologist at Bilkent University in Turkey, said: 'It's an independent and previously undiscovered standard of attractiveness.
'(The curve) would have enabled ancestral women to shift their centre of mass back over their hips during pregnancy, a time during which there is a dramatic forward shift of their centre of mass.
'This benefit is critical: without being able to do this, women would experience a dramatic increase in hip torque (pressure) subjecting them to risk of muscular fatigue and injury.
'Consequently, ancestral women who possessed this degree of lumbar curvature would have been able to forage longer into pregnancy and would have been able to carry out multiple pregnancies with a reduced risk of spinal injury.'
Dr Lewis said that this trait would have become sexually attractive to men due to the evolutionary advantage it gave.
Without such a curve, the pressure on a woman's hips during pregnancy increases by nearly 800 per cent, rendering her largely immobile and increasing the risk of health problems.
Researchers have discovered that men are particularly attracted to women with a back that curves 45 degrees above the top of her bottom.
Such an angle would have given a woman an advantage while pregnant in early hunter-gatherer societies and so has evolved as being seen as attractive around the world, they claim.
The findings suggest one possible reason for why the curvy figures of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez are seen as being so attractive.
The scientists found that extra mass around the buttocks could often enhance the curvature of a woman's spine.
WOMEN'S BOTTOM FAT MAY HELP BABIES' BUILD BIG BRAINS
Curvy hips and buttocks may provide vital 'fat banks' that help to fuel the development of newborn babies' brains, claim scientists.
Researchers say the fat stored around the buttocks provides extra energy for babies when they are breast feeding.
The scientists at Pittsburgh University say the fat there is rich in DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), which is a particularly important component in the human brain.
Over the past five million years, the average human brain has trebled in volume from 400ml to 1,200ml. It could therefore follow that women have had to become fatter to keep up with the growing demands of babies’ brains.
The researchers argue that mothers who breast-feed typically lose one pound of fat (half a kilo) a month.
However, the researchers also found that a physical curvature of the spine - known as vertebral wedging - was seen as more attractive than extra buttock mass.
Dr David Lewis, a psychologist at Bilkent University in Turkey, said: 'It's an independent and previously undiscovered standard of attractiveness.
'(The curve) would have enabled ancestral women to shift their centre of mass back over their hips during pregnancy, a time during which there is a dramatic forward shift of their centre of mass.
'This benefit is critical: without being able to do this, women would experience a dramatic increase in hip torque (pressure) subjecting them to risk of muscular fatigue and injury.
'Consequently, ancestral women who possessed this degree of lumbar curvature would have been able to forage longer into pregnancy and would have been able to carry out multiple pregnancies with a reduced risk of spinal injury.'
Dr Lewis said that this trait would have become sexually attractive to men due to the evolutionary advantage it gave.
Without such a curve, the pressure on a woman's hips during pregnancy increases by nearly 800 per cent, rendering her largely immobile and increasing the risk of health problems.
