Tag: sexual selection
For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology
Charles Darwin always recognized to some extent the problem of removing all vestiges of intelligent causation from evolutionary processes.
Evolutionary Psychology: Checkered Past, Checkered Present
If we want to effectively explain human behavior in all its messy richness, we would do well to look beyond this box of just-so stories.
Darwin and the Devolution of Story
Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate.
Earth — The Mystery of Our Colorful Home
Certainly, there is no logical reason why life should be wedded to the transcendental value of beauty.
Mission Impossible: Darwinizing Beauty
The ease of ascribing beauty to intelligent design contrasts with the impossibility of explaining its origin by material causes.