According to evolutionary standards all that is required is that you are "good enough" to procreate. Not particularly flattering.

To hook up I guess... That's the way its always been for me. There's a lot of pleasure in hooking up... romance and desire, there a powerful thing. Hooking up compliments all the beauty of reaching that next step in a relationship.

Seems the whole point of attraction is to propagate the species. Depending on where you are in the world, even though we all basically have similar anatomy, various features and shapes can be considered more attractive. Big lips, wide hips for child bearing, even features of the face, tiny feet, large voluptuous bodies, long hair, no hair, muscles, tall and slender, lots of adornments, most features covered by garments, feet, hands, white teeth, big eyes, on and on.

Then, add to all this that each of us may be triggered by something undefinable about a potential mate.

One thing I'm sure of is, the system works well - maybe too well - as is evidenced by the over abundant amount of humans that we have now, with more occurring every minute !

I honestly think that's a loaded term- "according to evolution." As if evolution is some sort of natural code or guidebook that tells us how to live our lives. It's not. It's merely the process by which species change over time. There is no evolutionary advice or rule on how important it is to be attractive or anything else. Animals don't sit and think, "hm, what would evolution want me to do?" No, they just do. Evolution is merely a process that just happens, and survival/reproduction is the mechanism by which that process operates. There are no hard and fast rules as to what will survive and reproduce, so to look to evolution for such answers is approaching the problem from the wrong angle.

Attractiveness is different for everyone. You can be attracted by physical looks but each culture places different values of good looking - big noses vs. small noses, prominent chin vs small chins, and people like me look at someone's eyes. That's just the physical. If strong facial features are the characteristic according to Evolution does that carry over to current human behavior?

A study was done on lions and it was found that female lions prefer darker manes. The more blonde the mane, the poorer the health of the lion.

One prevailing theory is that attractive looking people are perceived as healthier and healthier people are less likely to die suddenly. Also less likely to pass on diseases. Society has moved beyond that but our monkey brains have not evolved past that.

Look at the most common traits. The "average" guy is the case evolution has made and current society and individuals slowly moves that average. It seems like such a contradiction.