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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 tended 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 tended 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 for example result from optimizing for resources efficiency or resilience, but again feedback loops 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 for example result from optimizing for resources efficiency or resilience, but again feedback loops 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 | Attraction to sexually dimorphic beauty also increases fitness because seeking out the opposite sex is conductive for reproduction. | ||
The relation of beauty to health and ability is mostly only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | The relation of beauty to health and ability is mostly only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | ||