Men value intelligence in women far above large breasts and long legs, a Cambridge evolutionary biologist has claimed. Professor David Bainbridge, of the University of Cambridge, said that intelligence is by far the most attractive quality for men looking for a long-term partner because it demonstrates that his chosen partner is likely to be a responsible parent.It also suggests that she was brought up by intelligent parents and so was likely to be well-fed and looked after in childhood, and so would be healthier. It might explain why a man like George Clooney ended up marrying human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.Bainbridge said men do not care how large breasts are as long as they are symmetrical. Legs should be straight because bent, uneven legs suggest a developmental illness, such as rickets.He said: "Large breasts are more likely to be asymmetric and men are more attracted to symmetry. [Bigger-breasted women] look older sooner and men value youth."The main thing men are looking for is intelligence."Surveys have shown time and time again that this is the first thing men look for."Men also look for symmetry in facial and bodily features because it suggests "stable" genes and youthful partners.But men do like women to be curvaceous, with voluptuous thighs and bottoms, and a waist that is much slimmer than the hips. Carrying a bit more weight on the thighs and the buttocks suggests that a woman has stored enough fat during puberty to provide adequately for the huge requirements of a growing baby.In fact the development of babies' brains relies on fat supplies stripped direct from their mothers' thighs and buttocks, especially during breast-feeding, and the quantity of such fat supplies could directly affect a child's intelligence and chances of survival.It is one of the reasons why such fat is the hardest to shift by dieting because the body instinctively saves it.Primate bodies typically have about 5% to 10% fat but in human women that rises to 30% on average. This is similar to the level in bears ready to hibernate, and in whales living in cold Arctic seas.Women have traded muscle for fat so they are about a third as strong as men. ..