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Judy T. Greenberg ’07 said she once had a crush on a boy with “massively asymmetrical” thumbs, breaking with conventional wisdom that symmetry is beauty. But a new study by Radcliffe fellow Grazyna Jasienska goes one step further, linking hand symmetry in women not only to beauty—but to greater fertility...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finger Symmetry Indicates Fertility | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

...Evolutionarily speaking, when it comes to the...selection of female partners, the most important thing is fertility,” said Jasienska, of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finger Symmetry Indicates Fertility | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

...Jasienska and her team tested 171 urban and rural Polish women during their menstrual cycle, according to the study. Women with up to a 1 millimeter difference in length between the second and fourth digits of their hands were considered symmetrical, and the rest were dubbed asymmetrical...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finger Symmetry Indicates Fertility | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

...percent increase in estradiol levels increases a woman’s likelihood to get pregnant threefold, Jasienska said...

Author: By Nicole G. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finger Symmetry Indicates Fertility | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

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