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Are you getting confused between individuals and species here, or something? It's not harmful to the species for mate selection to produce better offspring. Pea
by amenhotep 2y ago
Are you getting confused between individuals and species here, or something? It's not harmful to the species for mate selection to produce better offspring. Peacocks exist, for example.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoThe tail isn't harmful to the peacock that grows it. It's helpful, attracting sexual interest. This is the paradigm example of sexual selection. You're trying to defend the idea of evolving baldness so as to repel women, which is the opposite of the example you cite in "defense".