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Why Evolution Favours Beauty Over Survival - Matt Ridley
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April 3, 2025
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April 3, 2025
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1:11:06Now PlayingMatt Ridley is a science writer, journalist, and author.
Evolution is a strange theory. If survival is all that matters, why do we find things beautiful? Why does beauty exist at all? And if aesthetics are so important, how do some species thrive without it?
Expect to learn what Darwin’s strangest ideas were, the fundamental mystery of sexual selection, why females choose certain males based on beauty and performance rather than obvious survival traits, if females actually have as much agency in mate selection as we assume, or if other forces dictate choice, the alternative explanations for beauty and why aesthetics are so important and much more…
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