Re: Bipedalism and theorizing... was Re: Morgan and creationists

Cheradenine Zakalwe (zakalwe@vision25.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 18 Jul 1996 03:01:03 +0100

In article <CheetahPRO_v0.04_3878@desco.demon.co.uk>, Elaine Morgan
<elaine@desco.demon.co.uk> writes:
>But to say it originally evolved to allure males is a misconception.
>Males of all species are attracted to the females of their species
>the way they are. The male which passes on its genes is the male which
>likes what it sees, not the one that roams around looking for an
>entirely new shape,

Liking new shapes definately does happen. Think of the peacock's tail.

However it is more likely that females would select males this way than
the other way round.

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Zakalwe