A Taste for the Beautiful : : The Evolution of Attraction / / Michael J. Ryan.
From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humansDarwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 16 color illus. 8 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One: Why All the Fuss about Sex?
- Chapter Two: Why All the Whining and Chucking?
- Chapter Three: Beauty and the Brain
- Chapter Four: Visions of Beauty
- Chapter Five: The Sounds of Sex
- Chapter Six: The Aroma of Adulation
- Chapter Seven: Fickle Preferences
- Chapter Eight: Hidden Preferences and Life in Pornotopia
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index