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== Beautiful behavior == | == Beautiful behavior == | ||
Not just looks, but also behavior can be beautiful and sexually attractive, such as facial expressiveness, [[physiognomy]], as well as tone and clarity of voice. Analogously to objective beauty described above, beautifuy behavior has elegance, confidence, poise and wit. The opposite is awkwardness, lethargy, stuttering, violation of norms, autism, inappropriate laughter, delayed response etc. Aesthetic sexual selection likely played a role in the evolution of these behaviors. E.g. in some bird, fish and other species one can observe animals (especially male ones) competing in performance of complex behaviors (courtship display), which ranges from courtship dances<ref>https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/10-bizarre-beautiful-bird-courtship-dances</ref> to construction of aesthetically pleasing nest formations.<ref>Matsuura K. 2014. ''A new pufferfish of the genus ''Torquigener'' that builds "mystery circles" on sandy bottoms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)''. Ichthyological Research. Vol 62.2, pp. 207–212. [[http://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-014-0428-5</ref> | Not just looks, but also behavior can be beautiful and sexually attractive, such as facial expressiveness, [[physiognomy]], as well as tone and clarity of voice. Analogously to objective beauty described above, beautifuy behavior has elegance, confidence, poise and wit. The opposite is awkwardness, lethargy, stuttering, violation of norms, autism, inappropriate laughter, delayed response, anxiety etc. Aesthetic sexual selection likely played a role in the evolution of these behaviors. E.g. in some bird, fish and other species one can observe animals (especially male ones) competing in performance of complex behaviors (courtship display), which ranges from courtship dances<ref>https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/10-bizarre-beautiful-bird-courtship-dances</ref> to construction of aesthetically pleasing nest formations.<ref>Matsuura K. 2014. ''A new pufferfish of the genus ''Torquigener'' that builds "mystery circles" on sandy bottoms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae)''. Ichthyological Research. Vol 62.2, pp. 207–212. [[http://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-014-0428-5</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||