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Is beauty natural?

Charles Darwin was as fascinated by extravagant ornament in nature as Jane Austen was in culture. Did their explanations agree?

By Abigail Tulenko via @aeonmag

https://aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty

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