01365nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000107422 StDuBDS 20150804193928.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 121112s2013 enk fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191746253 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS N70 701 23 Davies, Stephen, 1950- The artful species [electronic resource] : aesthetics, art, and evolution / Stephen Davies. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. 1 online resource. 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? Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012). Aesthetics. Human evolution. Art Psychological aspects. Print version 9780199658541 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658541.001.0001 37142 37142