Do good-looking people live longer?

• We find that the least attractive 1/6^th had a significantly Higher Hazard of mortality

• The least attractive 1/6^th of women lived almost 2 years less than others at 20.

• The least attractive 1/6^th of men lived almost 1 years less than others at 20.

That is a new paper by Connor M. Sheehan and Daniel S. Hamermesh.  Victims of lookism, or genetic correlations, or something else<?  Via the excellent Kevin Lewis.

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