01365nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050000800173082001200181100002800193245009900221260004600320300002300366520032300389504005100712588009000763650001600853650002100869650003200890776003300922856009100955999001701046EDZ0000107422StDuBDS20150804193928.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||121112s2013    enk    fo|    001 0 eng|d  a9780191746253 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aN7004a7012231 aDavies, Stephen,d1950-14aThe artful speciesh[electronic resource] :baesthetics, art, and evolution /cStephen Davies.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource.8 aStephen 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?  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012). 0aAesthetics. 0aHuman evolution. 0aArtxPsychological aspects.08iPrint versionz9780199658541403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658541.001.0001  c37142d37142