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Evolution and Art in the media

Submitted by Rachel Townsend on Sat, 04/04/2009 - 7:37pm.
When I was thinking about posting for this class, I couldn't help but remember this article that I read recently in Newsweek about a book being published on the evolutionary explanations for art and creativity in humans.  The article can be accessed here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/191399/page/1  The article struck so close to home in terms of this class that I was astounded that I had even managed to come across it. I was interested in the explanations that the author came up with and would encourage everyone to read the article.  He proposes that creativity has been sexually selected for because of the tendency for people to go for mates who are entertaining and good storytellers.  I'm not sure whether it quite matches up with our feelings about how hard living with Whitman would have been but still interesting nonetheless!

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