Scottish scientists have discovered that facial features can suggest a person's childhood socioeconomic status, MSNBC reported. |
苏格兰科学家发现,一个人的面部特征可以反映出他童年时代所处的社会经济地位。 |
In the study published in the journal Economics and Human Biology, scientists found a link between early life deprivation and facial -- but not body -- symmetry. This association, although weak, was stronger in men than in women. |
据MSNBC报道,一篇发表在《经济学与人类生物学》上的文章称,早期生活状况与脸部对称性﹑而非躯体对称性之间有一定的联系。尽管这种联系并不突出,但在男人身上比在女人身上更明显。 |
Researchers found that early environmental factors, such as childhood nutrition, illness, and parent's smoking and alcohol habits, can affect a child's health and development by leaving a lasting impression on the face. |
他们发现,儿时的营养状况﹑患病情况﹑父母吸烟及饮酒习惯等环境因素都会在孩子的脸上留下长久的印记,影响其健康发展。 |
Men with poorer beginnings tended to have more asymmetrical features in older age -- despite improving their social standing as adults. |
小时候生活环境不好的男子,即使成年后社会地位提高了,也会在老年时期呈现更多的不对称特征。 |
It was also found that, to some degree, the status of people's early home life is detectable in their faces more than 70 years later.
(China.org.cn September 5, 2011) |
在某种程度上,即使是70多年后,早期的家庭生活状况还是可以从人们的脸上看出来。 |
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