Abstract

This article explores the connection between perceived beauty and averageness. Although throughout the history of mankind attractiveness was linked to averageness, this concept is now being questioned in light of more recent developments in Evolutionary Psychology. What follows is in an attempt to open up the discussion on one aspect of beauty, averageness, including literature from the Humanities and Evolutionary Psychology. This article explores the connection between perceived beauty and averageness. Although throughout the history of mankind attractiveness was linked to averageness, this concept is now being questioned in light of more recent developments in Evolutionary Psychology. What follows is in an attempt to open up the discussion on one aspect of beauty, averageness, including literature from the Humanities and Evolutionary Psychology.

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