Title: The artful species
Description: Explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature reaching back hundreds of thousands of years to our humanoid ancestors. Examines human aesthetic interest in animals, decouples human beauty from mate selection, and weighs the arts as biological, social, or mixed adaptations.
Subjects: History, Aesthetics, Art, Philosophy, Kulturelle Evolution, Social evolution, Psychological aspects, Ästhetik, Human evolution, Kunst, Cultural Evolution, Art, psychology