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The Medical and Surgical Reporter publishes the first "scientific story" on the success of attractive people.

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The story defines attractiveness as an evolutionary trait that supports survival, in line with Darwin's theory of sexual selection. Attractiveness, of course, is defined by white, Anglo standards at this time.