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Objective beauty has likely mostly evolved by a preference for simplicity (aesthetic sexual selection) common to many higher animals,<ref>https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/pretty</ref> i.e. members of a species tend to choose objectively/mathematically beautiful mates and hence species evolved to be beautiful and beauty became an important factor of attraction. This was possibly reinforced, narrowed and ''overcomplicated'' by feedback loops such as [[Fisherian runaway]] or ''sensory bias''.<ref>Fuller, R. C., Houle, D., & Travis, J. 2005. ''Sensory Bias as an Explanation for the Evolution of Mate Preferences.'' [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/444443 Abstract]]</ref> | Objective beauty has likely mostly evolved by a preference for simplicity (aesthetic sexual selection) common to many higher animals,<ref>https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/pretty</ref> i.e. members of a species tend to choose objectively/mathematically beautiful mates and hence species evolved to be beautiful and beauty became an important factor of attraction. This was possibly reinforced, narrowed and ''overcomplicated'' by feedback loops such as [[Fisherian runaway]] or ''sensory bias''.<ref>Fuller, R. C., Houle, D., & Travis, J. 2005. ''Sensory Bias as an Explanation for the Evolution of Mate Preferences.'' [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/444443 Abstract]]</ref> | ||
Some simple and elegant body shapes may not necessarily be a result of aesthetic selection, but e.g. from optimizing for resources efficiency or resiliance, but again feedback looks could have sharpened and strengthened the sexual attraction to such shapes. | Some simple and elegant body shapes may not necessarily be a result of aesthetic selection, but e.g. from optimizing for resources efficiency or resiliance, but again feedback looks could have sharpened and strengthened the sexual attraction to such shapes. | ||
Attraction to sexually dimorphic beauty also increases fitness because seeking out the opposite sex is necessary for reproduction. | |||
Sexual dimorphism exists in all races, but it is highest in Europeans and Inuits and lowest in Africans. Low dimorphism in Africans has been proposed to be explained by a fast/die young ecology (fast LH) favoring men who impregnate many women, hence the women are more likely left alone and hence need to exhibit male characteristics like physical dominance and dependability.{{citation needed}} | |||
The relation of beauty to health and ability is often only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | The relation of beauty to health and ability is often only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | ||