10.5061/DRYAD.D5VH1
Loehr, John
University of Helsinki
O'Hara, Robert B.
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Data from: Facial width predicts male fitness and rank but not survival in
Second World War Finnish soldiers
Dryad
dataset
2013
Social dominance
military rank
lifetime reproductive success
war
Homo Sapiens
facial morphology
2013-05-08T16:53:52Z
2013-05-08T16:53:52Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0049
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We investigated fitness, military rank and survival of facial phenotypes
in large scale warfare using 795 Finnish soldiers who fought in the Winter
War (1939-40). We measured bizygomatic facial width vs. height - a trait
known to predict aggressive behaviour in males - and assessed whether
facial morphology could predict survival, lifetime reproductive success
(LRS) and social status. We found no difference in survival along the
phenotypic gradient, however, wider-faced individuals had greater LRS, but
achieved a lower military rank.
Loehr OHara Finnish soldier dataLife history and morphological
measurements of Finnish soldiers who fought in the Winter War (1939-1940).
Photographs and individual data gathered from book and internet souces.
Finland