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

Prum, Richard O.,

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

Prum, Richard O., author.

2017

QL761 .P744 2017 (Mapit)

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

Author Prum, Richard O., author.

Edition First edition.

ISBN 9780385537216 (hardcover)
0385537212 (hardcover)
9780385537223
0385537220
9780385537223

Published New York : Doubleday, [2017]

Language English

Description 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Call Number QL761 .P744 2017

Dewey Decimal Classification 591.56/2

Summary 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 evolutionary dynamics to the origins and diversity of human sexuality, offering riveting new thinking about the evolution of human beauty and the role of mate choice, thereby transforming our ancestors from typical infanticidal primates into socially intelligent, pair-bonding caregivers. Prum's book is an exhilarating tour de force that begins in the trees and ends by fundamentally challenging how we understand human evolution and ourselves. -- adapted from dust jacket.

Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.

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