Sexual selection in humans: What is attractive and why

Sexual selection in humans: What is attractive and why: Sexual selection is a variant of natural selection in which one gender prefers certain traits be present in their mate. Thus individuals with those attractive traits will have a high reproductive success, spreading their genes (and the trait) through the population. This can also cause the attractive trait to become greatly exaggerated, so as to … Continue reading »...

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But having the more attractive traits makes that living life more meaningful?