Kim Barton record that when
contestant is much better than the other, colour has no effect on the result. However, when there is only a amall difference between them, the effect of colour is sufficient to tip the balance. The anthropologists say that the number of times red wins is not simply by chance, but that these results statistically significant
C. Joanna Setchell, a primate researcher at the University of Cambridge, has found similar results in nature. She studies the large African monkeys known as mandille. Mandills have bright red noses that stand out against their white ones Setchell's work shows that the dominant males the
who are more successful with females-have a brighter red nose than other males.
D. Setchell says that the finding that red also has an advantage in human sporting events dose not urprise adds that the idea of the study is very clever."
E.Hill and Barton got the idea for their research because of the role that the colour red plays in the animal world. Red seems to be the colour, across species, that signals male dominance, Barton
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