There are a range of ages evaluated, in the group on this page and elsewhere on the site. The key golden ratios are based on skeletal structures that do not change in adults, so a few years and a wrinkle or two doesn’t change the basic proportions. These woman are all very young looking as well. My hypothesis was best validated in the research I did for my book, in which I used composite facial images of up to 50 individuals to get a statistically valid result. These composite images aligned to the golden ratio proportions better than any individual I’ve ever analyzed. See https://bit.ly/goldenratiobook and go down the page to see an example.

It may be true that beauty is only skin deep, but that hardly reduces a quest to understand the nature of human facial beauty, and its impact on the human experience, to the level of attractive fruit. Compare the number of beautiful faces you’ve seen on magazines to the number of beautiful strawberries. And consider the emotional response you have to a beautiful face versus that of a perfect strawberry. As you note though, it is worth studying because it it interesting, and pops up in a rather amazing number of places.

I think most of us could agree that this study is as non-important as defining the perfect strawberry. Not one of us would want to live with a “perfect” woman who was rotten to the core in her personality. However…. that disclaimer out of the way, it’s super interesting to me that these trends (TRENDS, people. OK? Relax.) in preferences exist across all people, and even more interesting that they have a mathematical basis. I’m a stock trader, and I also study the Golden Ratio. How weird is it that these ratios would pop up in such disparate places?! It’s worth studying, because it’s dang interesting! But don’t go get plastic surgery over it. I don’t even HAVE a hairline, so don’t lose the forest for the trees!

So exactly how would a blind evaluator assess attractiveness? By touch? Re the presentation in my book, the best evidence is that the composite facial images compiled from 50 different subjects align very accurately with the golden ratio proportions I’ve identified in key facial markers. These composite facial images represent the averaged face of more than 50 individual faces, well enough for statistical significance, and the averaged faces align more closely to golden ratio proportions than just about any individual’s face. This demonstrates that the typical or archetype human face has golden ratio proportions. There’s nothing fanatical about this, any more than observing that the orbits of the planets around the Sun share common mathematical relationships. It’s based on measurements and data. The golden ratio is expressed in facial proportions of certain other organisms as well, so there is likely a common principle at work. Whether it’s the hidden hand of God being revealed or “something in the cosmos” is a further study that we should all pursue and contemplate with an open mind and heart.

There is no intent to prove God’s existence with this. That is a matter of faith, not proof. It just shows the proportions that appear rather easily when using some of the most obvious facial markers. No need to use every hook and crook.

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