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Why there are always two sides to love

By Alison Motluk

24 August 2002

THE more asymmetrical you are, the more likely you are to be a jealous lover.

Just about everyone is lopsided to some extent. Hormone imbalances in the womb, for instance, can lead to one foot being bigger than the other. But in recent years, a series of animal and human studies have suggested that the implications of asymmetry go far beyond struggling to find shoes that fit both feet. It seems that people who are more symmetrical are not only healthier, more fertile and perhaps even smarter – they are also more attractive.

This led William Brown at Dalhousie University in…

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