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A taste for the beautiful : the evolution of attraction / Michael J. Ryan

This work examines the evolution of beauty in the animal kingdom, arguing that female sensory systems drive the development of attractive male traits. It draws on neuroscience and biology to analyse how sexual aesthetics are formed in both animals and humans.

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