From: Livescience, Mon Sep 24
If you want to have lots of kids, look for a Barry White oOo . . .Oh, yeah. . .Baby. . . oOo instead of a Justin Timberlake. Whaaaaaatt?! oOo Men with a deep voices have more offspring, a new study suggests.
Previous studies conducted by David Feinberg of McMaster University in Canada have shown that women are more attracted to men with deeper voices, judging them to be older, healthier and more masculine than their higher-pitched rivals.
Men, on the other hand, go for women with higher pitched voices because they find them more attractive, subordinate, feminine, healthier and younger-sounding. oOo and not the least bit Bimbo-ish, either. . . oOo
"We find in this new study that voice pitch is not related to offspring mortality rates," Feinberg said. [ But, did they test the survival rates of the grownups and neighbors, who had to endure the pitiful groanings of the low-pitched gutteral grunters? ] oOo
To look for any relationship between voice pitch and birth rates, the researchers studied the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, one of the last true hunter-gatherer cultures. Because the Hadza have no modern birth control, the researchers were able to compare birth rates without any outside influencing factors. oOo So their lifestyle is really a lot like ours, right? This should yield some accurate data. oOo
They found that Hadza men with deeper voices had more children than those with higher voices. ? How many, bubba? oOo
Well, I call this real Schnizz-whacky.*
This relationship could give insight into the evolution of the human voices. . . [ Duh-Oh? - Whaaaaaattt?! Wrong! Counter evidence: Even today, I still run into people with Monkey-breath, who sound like one, too! ]
The study continues, "If our ancestors went through a similar process," Feinberg said, [ Remember, we are probably "related" to those in the Hadza tribe of Tanzania - since they had no modern birth control, they had more children than we do, and could not prevent us from being born down their lineage - thus, they are our "ancestors". ] oOo oOo
"this could be one reason why men's and women's voices sound different."
oOo So that's the diff between M and F! . . .
Don't you just love a hairy-sounding woman's voice. . . ?
Oh yeah. . . Baby. . . oOo oOo
* Schnizz-whacky -- My new "Word-of-the Day". Some other time I'll get around to a definition for it. . .
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