The idea that animal evolution is shaped by males boasting and fighting to win female favour is a central biological dogma.
Females pick males whose exaggerated traits suggest virility, thus producing peacock feathers and sage grouse struts. Males compete for female favour, hence a stag's antlers and fights for territorial domination. These are the main engines of sexual selection, the default explanation for differences between the sexes.
By: Brandon Keim, Edited by: Ian Steadman
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/10/sexual-values-challenged
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