Yet, for all its aesthetic and expressive potency, the neck is also a site of fear and deep vulnerability. Villains and ...

What is the right body type? "Thin," she says ... "A fuller evolutionary theory of human beauty must embrace variation," Yu says. To think you've found a cultural universal is thrilling, says ...

Though only a small portion of the human body—about 1% by surface area ... the ways in which beauty and frailty are often entwined, two sides of the same coin in our biology, in our ...

Discover the mind-boggling beauty standards that define the perfection of the female body in different cultures. Note: This project is not about celebrating these shifting ideals, but about ...