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Second-to-fourth digit ratio and facial shape in Buryats of Southern Siberia

V. Rostovtseva, A. Mezentseva, S. Windhager, M. Butovskaya,
2020

Background: The 2nd-to-4th digit ratio (2D:4D) is a putative predictor of a prenatal exposure to sex hormones. 2D:4D is sexually dimorphic (males < females). Studies, linking digit ratio and full facial shapes among Europeans, show that a low 2D:4D is associated with a set of male-specific facial features. Buryats – Mongolian people from Southern Siberia – demonstrate a different pattern of facial sexual dimorphism than Europeans (narrower and more vertically elongated faces in men as opposed to women). Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between facial shape and the 2D:4D in comparison to the pattern of facial sexual dimorphism in Buryats. Subjects: Buryats: 88 men and 80 women aged 20 ± 2 years. Outcome measures: To assess relationship between facial shape and 2D:4D we used a geometric morphometric approach based on standardized full-face frontal photographs and direct measurements of the digit lengths among right-handed individuals. Results: The results revealed that 2D:4D was associated with facial morphology in Buryat men, and to a lesser extent in women. Narrower faces, elongated in the vertical direction, and a narrower lower facial outline, were characteristic of Buryat men with low 2D:4D ratios, which corresponded to the male-like facial shapes in Buryats. Conclusions: In Europeans, such facial features were reported for men with a high 2D:4D, which corresponded more to female-like European facial shapes. Hence, our results show that sex-specific morphogenesis in humans is multidirectional, and that digit ratio is capable of predicting sex-specific facial traits even in populations with differing sexually-dimorphic morphology.

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  • V. Rostovtseva
    Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • A. Mezentseva
    Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • S. Windhager
    Universitat Wien
  • M. Butovskaya
    Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics
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  • Early Human Development
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  • 149
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  • Austrian Science Fund
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  • P29397
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  • journal article
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  • CC BY
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  • Свободная лицензия
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  • scopus