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Women Wired to Fall for Bass Baritones

Study finds evolutionary preference for deep voices

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 26, 2007 4:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – Posh Spice may not agree, but new research shows that women are more drawn to the deep baritone of a Barry White than the higher-pitched squeak of a David Beckham. Studies of the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, whose lifestyle  is similar to that of early...   Read full story »

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