Image of the title page for The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex / by Charles Darwin. London : John Murray, 1871. The descent of man argued that humankind descended from non-human species, as did seemingly human traits such as morality. Asked by critics to account for the presence of seemingly non-adaptive traits such as the peacock's tail, Darwin developed the idea of the competition for breeding partners-"sexual selection"-as an evolutionary force.
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Exhibited: "Rewriting the book of nature"
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Rewriting the book of nature and Is part of: Descent of man, and selection in relation to sex; See related catalog record: 60820030R