TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,Stephen
TI  - The artful species: aesthetics, art, and evolution 
SN  - 9780191746253 (ebook) :
AV  - N70 
U1  - 701 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Aesthetics
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Art
KW  - Psychological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Stephen Davies explores the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and artistic behaviour?
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658541.001.0001
ER  -