Theory of Sexual Selection: The Human Mind and the Peacock’s Tale
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Description: Essay by Caspar Hewett on sexual selection in peacocks and its relevance to the human mind.
The Great Debate: Sexual Selection Theory of Sexual Selection - The Human Mind and the Peacock's Tale The obvious starting point for any discussion of sexual selection is to note that one of the most common differences between the sexes in sexually reproducing species is that males often have bright colours while their female counterparts do not. The archetype example of this is the peacock’s tail. Generations of biologists and evolutionary theorists have been intrigued by the question; how and why did the gaudy and cumbersome plumage of the peacock evolve? Charles Darwin himself suggested that the answer to this question may lie in
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