Apparently we ascertain whether a guy will be good father material by checking out his face, acccording to recent research.
Just looking at a photo gives us subconscious clues about whether the guy likes children or not and hence whether he would be a steady long term partner .
Scientists who have made this discovery consider this adds a critical dimension to awareness about partner selection among humans.
It seems we judge men on their genetic quality as well as their willingness to be great parent material for our children.
We love masculine features. Yet at our most fertile, we find men with strong jaws particularly attractive.
St Andrews University researchers have produced the face of the perfect man, with softer, more feminine features which reflects a nurturing side.
Women would pick the ideal partner as one with a symmetrical face, big, expressive eyes, a straight nose as well as a soft jaw .
So most of us women would select Jude Law over Arnold Schwarzenegger .
Jude Law of course has three children by ex-wife Sadie Frost.
When in 1997 they married, he became stepfather to her son Finlay from her first marriage to the musician Gary Kemp .
