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the longer you can postpone your children having sex, the longer and more complex you can make their training "neotonous" period, and the more complex the society.
Sex in Films Steven Barnes 2008
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Apart from emphasizing feminine, neotonous babylike features a peak shift in the masculine/feminine facial features domain notice how the skin tones are exaggerated to produce an unrealistic and absurd ‘healthy’ pink flush.
The Cognitive Science of Art: Ramachandran's 10 Principles of Art, Principles 1-3 Chris 2005
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As a species we are neotonous and men in general find women who look young (not prepubescent) attractive.
Pharyngula 2009
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Wikipedia:
Neoteny (pronounced /niːˈɒtɨniː/), also called juvenilization, is the retention, by adults in a species, of traits previously seen only in juveniles (a kind of pedomorphosis), and is a subject studied in the field of developmental biology. In neoteny, the physiological (or somatic) development of an animal or organism is slowed or delayed (fallaciously, seen as a dilation of biological time). Ultimately this process results in the retention, in the adults of a species, of juvenile physical characteristics well into maturity. The English word neoteny is borrowed from the German Neotenie, the latter constructed from the Greek νέος (young) and τείνειν (tend to). The standard adjectival form is "neotenous",2 although "neotenic" is often used.
September 16, 2010