| Scottish scientists have discovered that facial features can suggest a person's childhood socioeconomic status, MSNBC reported. |
蘇格蘭科學家發現，一個人的面部特征可以反映出他童年時代所處的社會經濟地位。 |
| In the study published in the journal Economics and Human Biology, scientists found a link between early life deprivation and facial -- but not body -- symmetry. This association, although weak, was stronger in men than in women. |
據MSNBC報道，一篇發表在《經濟學與人類生物學》上的文章稱，早期生活狀況與臉部對稱性﹑而非軀體對稱性之間有一定的聯系。盡管這種聯系并不突出，但在男人身上比在女人身上更明顯。 |
| Researchers found that early environmental factors, such as childhood nutrition, illness, and parent's smoking and alcohol habits, can affect a child's health and development by leaving a lasting impression on the face. |
他們發現，兒時的營養狀況﹑患病情況﹑父母吸煙及飲酒習慣等環境因素都會在孩子的臉上留下長久的印記，影響其健康發展。 |
| Men with poorer beginnings tended to have more asymmetrical features in older age -- despite improving their social standing as adults. |
小時候生活環境不好的男子，即使成年后社會地位提高了，也會在老年時期呈現更多的不對稱特征。 |
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It was also found that, to some degree, the status of people's early home life is detectable in their faces more than 70 years later.
(China.org.cn September 5, 2011) |
在某種程度上，即使是70多年后，早期的家庭生活狀況還是可以從人們的臉上看出來。 |
