Can you tell how successful someone will be in the military just by looking at their face?

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The graduation portraits of 337 West Point graduates who had served 20 or more years in the military were rated on a 7-point scale of dominance/submissiveness. Cadets’ facial dominance predicted military rank 20 years later, while the effect of academic achievement at West Point on promotion declined over time. Contains 56 references.

Source: “Facial Dominance of West Point Cadets As a Predictor of Later Military Rank.” from Social Forces, v74 n3 p823-50 Mar 1996

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