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What Is Evolutionary Aesthetics? Three Waves

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|Mar 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/eeja.344 | Journal eISSN: 2571-0915
Language: English
Page range: 90 - 100
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 21, 2022
Published on: Mar 15, 2023
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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