Do babies resemble their fathers more than their mothers? A failure to replicate Christenfeld and Hill (1995)

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Do babies resemble their fathers more than their mothers? A failure to replicate Christenfeld and Hill (1995)

Authors

Brédart, S., French, R. M.

Year

1999

Title

Do babies resemble their fathers more than their mothers? A failure to replicate Christenfeld and Hill (1995)

Journal / book / conference

Evolution and Human Behavior

Abstract

Contrary to Christenfeld and Hill (1995), we find that children aged 1, 3, and 5 do not appear to resemble their fathers significantly more than their mothers. We provide an explanation as to why this should be. In addition, we note that any father-child resemblance that does exist, although better than chance, is far from overwhelming.