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A Taste for the Beautiful The Evolution of Attraction

Michael J. Ryan

From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humans Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in stunning beauty, from the brilliant colors of...

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Ryan's recent book was mentioned as detailing his threedecade career investigating how animal anatomy shapes aesthetic preferences.

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Michael Ryan ... has spent more than 30 years investigating how the quirks of an animal's anatomy determine its aesthetic preferences, a career he details in his recent book, A Taste for the Beautiful...

— Episode: The Sunday Read: 'Beauty of the Beasts'

Episode: The Sunday Read: 'Beauty of the Beasts'

Ryan's recent book was mentioned as detailing his threedecade career investigating how animal anatomy shapes aesthetic preferences.

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Michael Ryan ... has spent more than 30 years investigating how the quirks of an animal's anatomy determine its aesthetic preferences, a career he details in his recent book, A Taste for the Beautiful.

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