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Darwinian aesthetics: sexual selection and the biology of beauty

Authors :
Grammer, Karl
Fink, Benhard
Moller, Anders P.
Thornhill, Randy
Source :
Biological Reviews. August, 2003, Vol. 78 Issue 3, 385-407
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

The mate preferences are mainly cued on visual, vocal and chemical cues that reveal health including developmental health. It is concluded that it is not the standards that show evidence of convergence- it is the rules or how we construct beauty ideals that have universalities across cultures

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14647931
Volume :
78
Issue :
3
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Biological Reviews
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.121249073