"Measurements of female WHRs were obtained from 330 photographs of artworks dating from 32.000 years (B.P.) to 1999 A.D. from Europe, Asia, America, & Africa. Results show that, most frequently, WHR was depicted in the range of 0.6 to 0.7"
"Singh (2002) measure WHRs in 286 ancient sculptures from India, Egypt, Greece (Greco-Roman) and some African tribes. In all four cultural groups, distributions of WHR vary but the mean female WHR was significantly lower (0.7) than the mean male WHR (0.9)"
"romantic poetry written prior to exposure to Western culture and media. There are some instances in which the descriptions of a beautiful female body in British (15' century), Chinese (6th century), and Indian (3`d century) poetry are remarkably similar."
"Jomon figurines from prehistoric (16.5-2.5 ka) Japan display the ratio of 0.7"
"Female mate value at a glance: relationship of waist-to-hip ratio to health, fecundity and attractiveness."
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