The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us

by Richard O. Prum

Book Overview

A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL

A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences--what Darwin termed the taste for the beautiful--create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world.

In the great halls of science, dogma holds that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385537212
• ISBN13: 9780385537216
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.5"