The evolution of beauty : how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world -- and us /

What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? Richard O. Prum, an award-winning ornithologist, discusses Charles Darwin's second and long-neglected theory, aesthetic mate choice, and what it means for our understanding of evolution. In addition, Prum connects those same evoluti...

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Main Author:	Prum, Richard O. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Sexual selection in animals. Sexual selection. Mate selection. Courtship in animals. Human evolution.