Thetallandtheshort: Researchersthinktheyknowwhywomenprefertallmen - andit'snotintheirgenesWomenprefertallermenbecausetheyarebetteratfighting, scientistsclaimedyesterday. Astudyhasshownmenhithardestwhenstrikingdownwardsandtheblowsofatallermanaremorepowerfulthanthethumpsofashortman. Inevolutionaryterms, thatmakesthemmoreusefulforwomen, saidresearcherDrDavidCarrier. 什么类型的男士最受欢迎？是幽默？是多金？是性感还是别的？倘若提出这样一个问题，女士们给出的答案将会是十分丰富多彩的。虽然如此，科学家们也给出了他们的答案：高个子男士更受到女性的青睐！据悉，研究者做了一项调查，女性喜欢个子高的男士的原因并不是“高个养眼”，而是个子高的男士可以在与他人打架中“拔得头筹”。研究员DrDavidCarrier做的研究显示，“海拔高”的男士在从高处向下拳击“海拔低”的男人时，貌似更加勇猛、力度更大，女士们看到后会陷入“不可自拔”迷恋的花痴状态。
Headded: ‘Fromtheperspectiveofsexualselectiontheory, womenareattractedtopowerfulmales, notbecausepowerfulmalescanbeatthemup, butbecausepowerfulmalescanprotectthemandtheirchildrenfromothermales.’ Thescientistsfoundthatourprehistoricancestorspunchedhardestwhentheystoodontwolegs – suggestingthatfightingwasthedrivingforcebehindtheevolutionofuprightwalking.‘Theresultsofthisstudyareconsistentwiththehypothesisthatourancestorsadoptedbipedalposturesothatmaleswouldbebetteratbeatingandkillingeachotherwhencompetingforfemales,’ saidDrCarrier. ‘Standingupontheirhindlegsallowedourancestorstofightwiththestrengthoftheirforelimbs, makingpunchingmuchmoredangerous.
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