Richard O. Prum is a professor of ornithology at the University of Connecticut and the author of three books: The Evolution of Dance: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives, The Evolution of Sex: How Edwards' Law Created Animal Masculinity and Sex Roles in Birds, and The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World, Human Attraction, and Ourselves. He lives in Storrs, Connecticut with his wife and son.
Desire for beauty will endure and undermine the desire for truth.Richard O. Prum
In a Fisherian world, animals are slaves to evolutionary fashion, evolving extravagant and arbitrary displays and tastes that are all "meaningless"; they do not involve anything other than perceived qualities.Richard O. Prum
