... of the genetic mating system, although in some cases, subordinate males father some offspring. These findings suggest that mate selection can involve both male competition and female choice. To estimate the strength of precopulatory and postcopulatory sexual selection, we use measures of sexual dimorphism...

...Sexual selection refers to selection on individuals of the non-limiting sex (usually males) caused by differential access to the limiting sex (usually females). Following Julian Huxley, most people divide sexual selection into two components: intrasexual selection and intersexual selection...

...-century women embraced Darwinian evolution, especially sexual selection theory as explained in The Descent of Man (1871), as an alternative to the Genesis creation story. Darwin also introduced readers to the concept of human-animal kinship, allowing feminist reformers to look to animals...

...Female choice of mates has been studied for a long time, and as this chapter explains, it is well established that females choose mates based on their perceived quality. It is observed that such female choice has generated sexual selection, which is responsible for the evolution of many features...

... predation and protection against infanticide, the relative roles of environmental influences and sexual selection in determining the nature of gorilla society, and human behavioral and social ecology. socioecology Garner R Richard A Yerkes A Yerkes R strategies conflict compromise cooperation between...

...Sex is probably the best example of stable biological variation within the human species. Scientists have tried to account for the origin of sex differences in biological terms using evolutionary theory. Although Charles Darwin derived his theories of natural and sexual selection...

... dateable use of his neologism sexual selection on the final page of his notes on Knox’s Races of Men , made early in 1856. His conclusion reads: “Fuegians & Brazil, climate & habits of life so different good instance of how fixed races are, in face of very...

... of sexual selection are reviewed. The reasons for its “eclipse” are adduced. They include: Darwin’s failure to build a network of supportive, influential allies for the promotion of sexual selection; the rise of non-selectionist theories of evolution; the inherent contradictions of Darwin’s theorizing...

... among populations. We also discuss functionally puzzling aspects of dark-eyed junco song development, and emphasize the importance of addressing entire vocal repertoires when investigating sexual selection and reproductive isolation. Cardoso Gonçalo C Reichard Dustin G singing long range songs LRS...

...This chapter examines the analogies of Charles Darwin's concept of sexual selection to the politics of mating in Argentina. It discusses attempts of such figures as Domingo Sarmiento and Eduardo Holmberg to show that nation and race can be considered to have emerged via sexual selection and thus...

... shaped the early thinking of birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger, a socialist who studied with the British Neo-Malthusians and with sexual selection expert Havelock Ellis. economic autonomy birth control movement and Gamble Eliza Burt Gamble James “Woman and the Church” Gamble working women...

... through sexual selection, though transmitted equally, or almost equally, to both sexes.” Descent 1871, 2:307. University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections. Figure 13.3. Depictions of argus pheasant feathers from The Descent of Man, showing...

... choice, how mate choice can be assessed by experimental and observational means, and how it may affect sexual selection and population differentiation Gerlach Nicole M mate choice natural selection sexual selection Whittaker Danielle J directional selection extrapair mating tail white visual cues...

...This book offers the first comprehensive history of the formulation of Darwin’s principle of sexual selection. It locates Darwin's sources and conceptual pathways in their social and cultural contexts, and disentangles the complexity of theory, practice and analogy that went into the making...