Philosopher of art Denis Dutton & The Art Instinct

Philosopher of art Denis Dutton discussing his new book: The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution, in which Dutton argues that art appreciation comes from evolutionary adaptions made during the Pleistocene (2.588 million to 12 000 years Before Present). The Pleistocene is the time period in which scientific evidence suggests that the transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens occured.