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     • The characteristics or traits, that are attractive, are those that will provide the healthiest off spring with the greatest likelihood of survival. Evolution is based on Darwin’s theory of the ‘survival of the fittest.’
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   Is attractiveness an evolutionary perspective?

   • However, an evolutionary perspective on attractiveness raises as many provocative questions as it answers. Some are conceptual.

   Attractiveness, attraction, and sexual selection: Evolutionary

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   What is Darwin's Theory of attractiveness?

   • IIL Theoretical Developments: The Function of Attractiveness A. DARWIN'S THEORY OF SEXUAL SELECTION Evolutionary perspectives on attractiveness preferences are ultimately grounded in Darwin's (1859, 1871) concept of sexual selection.

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   Why was attractiveness not a common theme in evolutionary biology?

   • A second contributing factor may have been that, as Trivers noted, attractiveness was seen as being primarily a male preference and the idea of male selectivity was not a common theme in evolutionary biology ( Jones, 1995).

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   Is attractiveness an adaptation?

   • These perspectives consider attractiveness prefer- ences to be an adaptation (e.g., Symons, 1995), defined as an "inherited and reliably developing characteristic that came into existence through natural selection because it helped to solve a problem of survival or repro- duction during the period of its evolution" (Buss, 1999, p. 36).

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3. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleAttractiveness, attraction, and sexual selection ...

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   Jan 1, 2000 · This chapter reviews recent empirical advances that in turn explain origin of attractiveness preferences. It discusses several evolutionary models of human social behavior and their predictions regarding the function of attractiveness.

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   • Physical Attractiveness

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4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesFacial attractiveness: evolutionary based research - PMC

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   Jun 6, 2011 · Firstly, we review the facial characteristics that influence attractiveness judgements of faces (e.g. symmetry, sexually dimorphic shape cues, averageness, skin colour/texture and cues to personality) and then review several important sources of individual differences in face preferences (e.g. hormone levels and fertility, own attractiveness ...

   • Author: Anthony C. Little, Benedict C. Jones, Lisa M. DeBruine
   • DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0404

   • Publish Year: 2011
   • Published: 2011/06/06

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   Sep 26, 2024 · Evolution - Natural Selection, Adaptation, Genetics: The central argument of Darwin’s theory of evolution starts with the existence of hereditary variation. Experience with animal and plant breeding had demonstrated to Darwin that variations can be developed that are “useful to man.”

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7. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › guidesEvolution - AQA Principles of evolution by natural selection

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   Evolution is the change of inherited characteristics within a population over time through natural selection, which may result in the formation of a new species. Part of...

8. psycnet.apa.org › record › 2001/01412/005Attractiveness, attraction, and sexual selection ...

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   The intent of this chapter is to integrate recent empirical developments in the attractiveness literature with evolutionary perspectives on human social behavior and provide a coherent theoretical conceptualization of the form and function of attractiveness.

9. link.springer.com › referenceworkentry › 10Attractiveness: Evolutionary Influence | SpringerLink

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   From an evolutionary perspective, the perception of physical attractiveness is linked to biological and genetic fitness, as it signals the potential ability to produce healthy offspring and pass on advantageous genes to future generations.

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    In the book, Darwin set out his theory of evolution, based on his years of research and what he had seen when travelling across the globe on the Beagle.