Modified On January 29, 2006
FOS John Kensil alerted us to an article in the British newspaper, The Independent, ” Why men don’t fancy funny women,” involving reasearch results.
Dr. Rod Martin led the project. The findings are published in the scientific journal Evolution and Human Behaviour this week.
“When forced to choose between humour production and humour appreciation in potential partners, women valued humour production, whereas men valued receptivity to their own humour,” said Dr Martin.
That’s going on the next business card– “Humor Production.”