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Published online 26 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020624-4
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We like the look of lookalikes
People trust people that resemble themselves.
We're more likely to trust someone who looks a bit like us, says a psychologist. The same tendency may have helped our ancestors to help their kin.
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