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Marriage and beauty guides begin to talk about attractiveness as an evolutionary tool.

1871

BEAU
EUG

Influenced by new evolutionary theories, physical attractiveness begins to be seen as an evolutionary tool for identifying a mate. This begins to open up space for eugenic strategies based on appearance.