When it comes to looks, average is truly beautiful. Several studies using computer simulations have shown that blending many faces of the same gender creates a countenance more attractive than its individuals. If you blend a lot of extremely good-looking people together, the composite is even more bewitching. What’s so beautiful about an average face? Scientists aren’t quite sure. Perhaps it’s evolutionary, and a face-of-many-faces suggests genetic diversity. In any case, the appeal is universal and perhaps even innate. In studies of adults and children, based in China and throughout Europe
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