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by jeffbee 1281 days ago
I think you are overstating your case. The eyes are the important thing. You can cover someone's mouth without affecting recognition performance, but you can't cover their eyes. Lots of research available on this, starting with https://www.jstor.org/stable/1421414

Secondly, your primate brain also wants to look at the genital area, but, again: pants.