So You Think You Can Dance?

It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see that dancing is primarily a courtship ritual.  Dancing is most often performed by young, single people in the presence of similar persons.  Now, researchers have shown that dancing ability itself is related to desirability.

Using faceless, computer-animated figures to recreate the actual dance moves of Jamaican teenagers, the scientists found that dancing ability was positively correlated to sexual attractiveness.  The article goes on to mention other important aspects of sexual selection, such as body symmetry.  The researchers also mentioned that "women notice" when men put on a good show.  I guess Patrick Swayze knew what he was doing in "Dirty Dancing" after all...