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Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwins strangest idea
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6139911Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwins strangest ideahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/birds--sex-and-beauty--the-extraordinary-implications-of-charles-darwins-strangest-idea-9780008645540/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/5691883/image.jpg?v=638700585645470000421514MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/5851851Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwins strangest idea421514https://www.gandhi.com.mx/birds--sex-and-beauty--the-extraordinary-implications-of-charles-darwins-strangest-idea-9780008645540/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/5691883/image.jpg?v=638700585645470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259780008645540_W3siaWQiOiJjMjhiYzQxOC04NjM3LTRhOTAtYjIyOC1lYzRlMGI3NGE0N2IiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjUyMCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjk0LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjQyNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjp0cnVlfV0=9780008645540_<p><strong>From acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley, a new book that studies the peculiar mating behaviour of birds to better understand the origin of beauty and humanity itself.</strong></p><p>In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the center of Matt Ridleys investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an exhausting and sometimes deadly ritual called a lek. To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold-colored feathers.</p><p>But why are males the eager sellers and females the discerning buyers? Why do increasingly baroque and bizarre males put themselves at risk of attack by circling hawks and rival birds? And why are these displays considered beautiful by humans at all? While the full answer remains a mystery, Charles Darwin thought the purpose of such displays was to charm females. Though Darwins theory was initially dismissed and buried for decades, recent scientific research has proven him right there is a powerful evolutionary force quite distinct from natural selection: mate choice.</p><p>Using an early morning lek as his starting point, Ridley explores the evolution of bright colors, exotic ornaments and elaborate displays in birds around the world. He reopens the history of Darwins vexed theory, laying bare a century of disagreement about an idea so powerful, so weird, so wonderful, we may have yet to understand all its implications. <em>Birds, Sex and Beauty</em> is a curious and insightful investigation that seeks to uncover the origin of beauty itself a path that might hold the key to understanding the human mind.</p>...9780008645540_HarperCollins Publisherspreventa9780008645540_9780008645540Matt RidleyInglésMéxico2025-03-13T00:00:00+00:002025-03-13T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers