Recent studies suggest that both facial and bodily dominance promote high status positions and predict status-seeking behaviors such as aggression and social dominance. An evolutionarily relevant context in which associations between these dominance signals and status outcomes may be prevalent are face-to-face status contests. The present study examined whether facial and bodily dominance predicted success in dyadic competitions (one physical discipline, arm wrestling, and three nonphysical disciplines) in men (N = 125) in a controlled laboratory setting. Men’s bodies and faces were independently rated for physical dominance, and associations of these ratings with contest outcomes as well as mediating and moderating variables (such as physical strength, body height, trait dominance, baseline and reactive testosterone) were examined. Both facial and bodily dominance positively predicted success in the physical discipline, mediated by physical strength, but not in the three nonphysical disciplines. Our findings demonstrate that facial and bodily physical dominance may be honest signals for men’s formidability and hence status potential, at least in a physically competitive context.

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诚实的地位信号：面部和身体优势与身体竞争的成功有关，但与非身体竞争无关。

最近的研究表明，面部和身体的主导地位都会促进高地位地位，并预测寻求地位的行为，例如攻击性和社会主导地位。在进化相关的背景下，这些优势信号和地位结果之间的关联可能很普遍，那就是面对面的地位争夺。本研究在受控实验室环境中检验了面部和身体优势是否可以预测男性（N = 125）在二​​元竞赛（一项体育项目、扳手腕和三项非体育项目）中的成功。男性的身体和面孔被独立评估为身体优势，并检查了这些评级与比赛结果以及中介和调节变量（例如体力、身高、特征优势、基线和反应性睾酮）的关联。面部和身体优势都积极预测体育学科的成功，这是由体力介导的，但在三个非体育学科中则不然。我们的研究结果表明，面部和身体的优势可能是男性强大能力和地位潜力的诚实信号，至少在体力竞争的背景下是如此。