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== Evolution == | == Evolution == | ||
The [[beauty]] of speech and thought has possibly evolved | The [[beauty]] of speech and thought has possibly evolved as useful competence for "social survival" ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_human_intelligence#Social_brain_hypothesis social brain hypothesis of intelligence]), and/or [[beauty|aesthetic sexual selection]] and related [[Fisherian runaway|feedback loops]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_human_intelligence#Sexual_selection sexual selection hypothesis of intelligence]). Arguably, people can cooperate and negotiate well without poise and elegance though, lending sexual/aesthetical selection some credibility. | ||
== See also == | == See also == |