The surge of evolutionary and neurological analyses of art and its effects raises questions of how art, culture, and the biological sciences influence one anoth

'The peacock's tail makes me sick!' said Charles Darwin. That's because the theory of evolution as adaptation can't explain why nature is so beautiful. It took

Explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature reaching back hundreds of thousands of years to our h

The Dinka have a connoisseur's appreciation of the patterns and colours of the markings on their cattle. The Japanese tea ceremony is regarded as a performance

"This volume samples the history of art about fossils-and the visual conceptualization of their significance-starting with biblical and mythological depictions,