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What is the EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE....

Name: Anonymous 2009-08-14 2:39

...of peahens preferring more flamboyant peacock tailfeathers.


It seems to me that peahens preferring peacocks who waste energy on this frivolous trait would have male offspring with less of a chance of surviving in the wild.  So please, explain to me the EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE.

Name: Anonymous 2009-08-15 22:18

Welcome to the wonderful world of sexual selection, where things don't actually have to make sense.

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That's (a mangling of) Amotz Zahavi's hypothesis, and it's not at all uncontroversial. It's probably part of the explanation, though.

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