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Darwin developed the idea of sexual selection to make clear why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the amazing colors of butterflies and fishes to the melodies of parrots and frogs. He argued that animals have "a tastes for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to progress features that make them more sexual Darwin developed the idea of sexual selection to make clear why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the amazing colors of butterflies and fishes to the melodies of parrots and frogs. He argued that animals have "a tastes for the beautiful" that drives their potential mates to progress features that make them more sexually attractive and reproductively successful. But if Darwin discussed why sexual beauty improved in animals, he struggled to understand how. Attracting on cutting-edge work in neuroscience and evolutionary biology, as well as his own important studies of the little Túngara frog profound in the jungles of Panama, Ryan explores the main element questions: Why do animals perceive certain features as beautiful as well as others not? Do animals have an inherent sexual aesthetic and, if so, where is it rooted? Ryan argues that the answers to these questions lie in the brain - especially of females, who act as natural puppeteers, spurring the development of beautiful features in guys. This theory of how sexual beauty evolves explains its astonishing variety and provides new insights about the degree to which our own conception of beauty resembles that of other animals. ly attractive and reproductively successful. But if Darwin discussed why sexual beauty improved in animals, he struggled to understand how. Attracting on cutting-edge work in neuroscience and evolutionary biology, as well as his own important studies of the little Túngara frog profound in the jungles of Panama, Ryan explores the main element questions: Why do animals perceive certain features as beautiful as well as others not? Do animals have an inherent sexual aesthetic and, if so, where is it rooted? Ryan argues that the answers to these questions lie in the brain?especially of females, who act as natural puppeteers, spurring the development of beautiful features in guys. This theory of how sexual beauty evolves explains its astonishing variety and provides new insights about the degree to which our own conception of beauty resembles that of other animals.
