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Do Tattoos Make You Look More Fit?
Do my tattoos make me look more fit, or fit at all? Gosh, I hope so. Look over here at my guns—er, arms—and not at the middle age gut I’m fighting to suck in. In a study of 6528 undergraduates … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Alabama football, Alabama tattoos, BMI, Cassie Medeiros, costly honest signaling, football, Haley Dillon, human canvas hypothesis, Inking of Immunity, intercollegiate athletes, Mackenzie Manns, Mandy Guitar, piercing, Rachael Carmen, Roll Tide, tattooing, upping-the-ante hypothesis, WEIRD
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“Human Canvas” & “Upping-the-Ante” Hypotheses for the Evolutionary Significance of Tattooing
Despite the promise of evolutionary discussions of tattooing in my blog title, I have yet live up to the provocation it inspires…until now. Honestly, I’ve had a post about Iban tattooing & sexual selection in the back of my mind … Continue reading
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Tagged behavioral immune system, human canvas hypothesis, innoculation hypothesis, Jean-Bernard Bossu, tattooing, upping-the-ante hypothesis
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