Evolution of beauty: how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world and us/ [by] Richard O. Prum

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Prum, Richard O

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: New York: Anchor Books, c2017Description: 428 p. : ill.(some col.); 21 cmISBN:

9780345804570 (pbk.):

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23 591.562 PRUM/E

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference Book	Vigyanpuri Campus Earth & Environmental Science	591.562 PRUM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003279

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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