Researchers collected the women’s reactions to photographs of men whose beards fell into four categories ... so the change in expression as the result of a smile or another signal of happiness ...

Fast forward to today, and while beards might not carry the same social weight, they’re still a surefire way to make a man look effortlessly cool. Below, we’ve gathered some striking before ...

Another study published in the Royal Society Open Science has found that women are more attracted to men with a beards. Almost 1000 women took part in the study which determined that women ...