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Abstract：
Previous research has demonstrated that Maasai and Europeans tend to align in their ratings of the physical strength and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces, calibrated to hand grip strength (HGS). However, perceptions of attractiveness of these faces differed among populations. In this study, three morphs of young Maasai men created by means of geometric morphometrics, and depicting the average sample and two extrema (± 4 SD of HGS), were assessed by men and women from Tanzania, Czech Republic, Russia, Pakistan, China, and Mexico (total sample = 1540). The aim of this study was to test cross-cultural differences in the perception of young Maasai men\'s composites calibrated to HGS, focusing on four traits: physical strength, attractiveness, aggressiveness, and helpfulness. Individuals from all six cultures were able to distinguish between low, medium, and high HGS portraits. Across all study populations, portrait of Maasai men with lower HGS was perceived as less attractive, more aggressive, and less helpful. This suggests that people from diverse populations share similar perceptions of physical strength based on facial shape, as well as attribute similar social qualities like aggressiveness and helpfulness to these facial images. Participants from all samples rated the composite image of weak Maasai men as the least attractive.
摘要：
先前的研究表明，马赛人和欧洲人倾向于对马赛人男性面孔的体力和侵略性进行评级。校准到手的握力（HGS）。然而,不同人群对这些面孔吸引力的看法不同。在这项研究中,通过几何形态计量学创造了三个年轻的马赛人变形，并描绘平均样本和两个极值(HGS的±4SD)，来自坦桑尼亚的男性和女性进行了评估，捷克共和国,俄罗斯,巴基斯坦,中国,和墨西哥(总样本=1540)。这项研究的目的是测试跨文化差异的感知年轻马赛人的复合材料校准HGS，关注四个特征:体力，吸引力,侵略性,和乐于助人。来自所有六种文化的个体能够区分低，中等,和高HGS肖像。在所有研究人群中，HGS较低的马赛人的肖像被认为不那么有吸引力，更具侵略性，和更少的帮助。这表明来自不同人群的人对基于面部形状的体力有着相似的看法，以及将类似的社交品质，如侵略性和乐于助人归因于这些面部图像。来自所有样本的参与者都将弱小的马赛人的合成图像评为最不吸引人。
