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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.
- Subjects
- 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