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== Evolution of beauty == | == Evolution of beauty == | ||
Animal's preference for objective beauty as geometrical simplicity is likely only a fluke of evolution and only preferred because simple shapes are easy to process, resulting from the ( | Animal's preference for objective beauty as geometrical simplicity is likely only a fluke of evolution and only preferred because simple shapes are easy to process, resulting from the (actually useful) preference for order and predictability.<ref>https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/pretty</ref> | ||
Due to this preference, members of a species tended to choose objectively/mathematically beautiful mates and hence species evolved to be beautiful (''aesthetic sexual selection'') and beauty became an important factor of attraction. | Due to this preference, members of a species tended to choose objectively/mathematically beautiful mates and hence species evolved to be beautiful (''aesthetic sexual selection'') and beauty became an important factor of attraction. | ||
Some deep sea fish may be | Some deep sea fish may be particularly ugly due to being blind. | ||
Some simple and elegant body shapes may, however, not necessarily be a result of aesthetic selection, but simply coincidental result of optimizing e.g. for resources efficiency or resilience favoring simple shapes. This explains why even blind or very primitive species and even plants can be beautiful. Though some flowers in turn may have evolved beauty to be particularly salient to insets who spread their pollen. | Some simple and elegant body shapes may, however, not necessarily be a result of aesthetic selection, but simply coincidental result of optimizing e.g. for resources efficiency or resilience favoring simple shapes. This explains why even blind or very primitive species and even plants can be beautiful. Though some flowers in turn may have evolved beauty to be particularly salient to insets who spread their pollen. | ||
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. | ||