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== Evolution of beauty ==
== Evolution of beauty ==


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 in sexual selection such as [[Fisherian runaway]] and ''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 conductive for reproduction.
Attraction to sexually dimorphic beauty also increases fitness because seeking out the opposite sex is conductive for reproduction.
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