Manes, trains and antlers explained
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 14:42
in Psychology & Sociology
For Charles Darwin, the problem of the peacock's tail, in light of his theory of natural selection, was vexing in the extreme. Indeed, in 1860, writing to Asa Gray, his most ardent American champion, Darwin confessed: 'The sight of a feather in a peacock's tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick!'...
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