====== Flower Preference ======

>__Although the aesthetic appreciation of flowers is a well-known aspect of human behaviour, theories explaining its origin are missing.__ The only exception is the evolutionary theory of Heerwagen and Orians. Surprisingly, it has not yet been empirically tested."\\ \\ Source : [[https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5B78B605DDEDD29FD508178173A98EFE/S2513843X20000663a.pdf/habitat_selection_and_human_aesthetic_responses_to_flowers.pdf|Evolutionary Human Sciences]]{{:oa_padlock_grn.png?16&nolink|Open Access}}(2021), 3, e5, page 1 of 22

In order to try to discover why humans appear to have an inbuilt preference for flowers, a research team from Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague, Czech Republic, set up a series of experiments in 2020.

The experiments tested the theory of Heerwagen and Orians who, in 1995, had suggested that flowers might be a 'cue' for food availability (nectar etc.).

The theory was not confirmed.

>Our data imply that human aesthetic responses to flowers cannot be explained solely by this factor, although it might play some role. However, we urgently need data from a broader cultural sample to confirm our limited findings. The question of why humans tend to aesthetically appreciate flowers seems to remain partly unexplored.\\ \\ [ Source as above ]