The evolution of beauty : how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world-- and...
The evolution of beauty : how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world-- and...
The evolution of beauty : how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world-- and us / Richard O. Prum.
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New York Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
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G 2017/6138
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Language
English
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Physical content
428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Darwin's really dangerous idea -- Beauty happens -- Manakin dances -- Aesthetic innovation and decadence -- Make way for duck sex -- Beauty from the beast -- Bromance before romance -- Human beauty happens too -- Pleasure happens -- The Lysistrata effect -- The queering of Homo sapiens -- This aesth...
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Publisher
New York Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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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 se...
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The evolution of beauty : how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world-- and us / Richard O. Prum.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-404) and index.
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G 2017/6138
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74VKVgzOEOJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgzOEOJd
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ISBN
0385537212
9780385537216
DDC
591.562
MMS ID
991024145217902626
