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The ancestress hypothesis : visual art as adaptation

Print Book, English, ©2003
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., ©2003
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xiv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780813531311, 9780813531328, 0813531314, 0813531322
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Ch. 1. The Ancestress Hypothesis and Visual Art: An Overview
Ch. 2. Visual Art Techniques and Veneration of the Dead
Ch. 3. Changing Styles of Visual Art
Ch. 4. The Definition of Visual Art: The First Step of the Scientific Method
Ch. 5. Underpinnings of the Ancestress Hypothesis
Ch. 6. Males as Ancestors
Ch. 7. Visual Art Theory: Ancestress Strategy or Sexual Strategy?
Ch. 8. Testing the Ancestress Hypothesis
Ch. 9. Modern Darwinian Theory
Ch. 10. Reconciliation: The Problem of Definitions