He explicitly predicted that females would choose male pheasants based on the beauty and visual detail of their ocelli. This is what I found when I look for evidence of this:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1981.tb00751.x/abstract …
Darwin realized the Argus pheasant display evolved through female mate choice. He wasn't a 'reductionist' or 'materialist' as commonly understood. He argued that animal minds shaped Nature ever since nervous systems first evolved. #DarwinDaypic.twitter.com/em7HeRXmoa
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"No evidence was obtained to suggest that females wander from display site to site and mate with the best male chosen by visual comparison of subtle plumage variation"
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Our brains are our plumage
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I love this formulation.
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