Another advance in FR(finger ratio)enology research! Index to ring digit ratio in Saudi Arabia at Almadinah Almonawarah province: a direct and indirect measurement study. Almasry SM, El Domiaty MA, Algaidi SA, Elbastawisy YM, Safwat MD J Anat. 2010 Nov 2; The digit ratio, or the relative lengths, of the 2nd and 4th digits (2D:4D) shows […]
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FR(finger ratio)enology: Rugby
Another advance in FR(finger ratio)enology research! Digit ratio (2D:4D) and performance in elite rugby players. Bennett M, Manning JT, Cook CJ, Kilduff LP J Sports Sci. 2010 Oct 21;:1-7 The relative length of the second and fourth digits (2D:4D) is a putative marker for prenatal testosterone…. Here, for the first time, we examine the relationship […]
FR(finger ratio)enology: Sex partners
Another advance in FR(finger ratio)enology research! 2nd to 4th digit ratio (2D:4D) and number of sex partners: evidence for effects of prenatal testosterone in men. Hönekopp J, Voracek M, Manning JT. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2006 Jan;31(1):30-7. Epub 2005 Jul 6. The number of sexual partners per individual (NSP) is an important component of sexual behaviour. Here, we […]
FR(finger ratio)enology: Mating
Another advance in FR(finger ratio)enology research! Digit ratios predict polygyny in early apes, Ardipithecus, Neanderthals and early modern humans but not in Australopithecus. Nelson E, Rolian C, Cashmore L, Shultz S Proc Biol Sci. 2010 Nov 3; Social behaviour of fossil hominoid species is notoriously difficult to predict owing to difficulties in estimating body size […]