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

Title
The evolution of beauty : how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the natural world-- and us / Richard O. Prum.
Author
Prum, Richard O.
Publication
New York : Doubleday, 2017.

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Description
428 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
A "reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences--what Darwin termed 'the taste for the beautiful'--create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world"--Amazon.com.
Subject
  • Sexual selection in animals
  • Sexual selection
  • Courtship in animals
  • Human evolution
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9780385537216 (alk. paper)
  • 0385537212 (alk. paper)
LCCN
99972099124
OCLC
  • ocn984747370
  • 984747370
  • SCSB-5888551
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries