TY - BOOK AU - Prum,Richard O. TI - Evolution of beauty: how Darwin's forgotten theory of mate choice shapes the animal world and us SN - 9780345804570 (pbk.): U1 - 591.562 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York: PB - Anchor Books, KW - Sexual selection in animals KW - Sexual selection KW - Courtship in animals KW - Human evolution KW - Biology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -