Scientists have always believed that women show no signs of peaked fertility to the opposite sex, as other animals often do. A new study may prove that belief wrong.

A study of college women showed that women tend to show more skin and dress more fashionably when they are ovulating. They also wore more flashy jewelry during this time.

Communication studies and psychology expert at the University of California Los Angeles Martie Haselton said, "They tend to put on skirts instead of pants, show more skin and generally dress more fashionably."

The research was released Tuesday and will be published in the journal Hormones and Behavior.

Other animals show more obvious signs of fertility including changing skin color or releasing a certain odor. But women have never been known to show any signs of such behavior. In fact times of high fertility are even unknown to the women, which has made the sale of test kits that assist in fertitlity indication popular over the years.