PSYCH-UA 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ernst Haeckel, Sexual Selection
15 Oct 2017
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French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829) Sexual selection selection in which certain traits enhance mating success; traits are, therefore, passed on to offspring. Haeckel one of the first scientists that embraced darwin"s theory; argued for recapitulation. The process in which certain traits of one sex, such as color, are selected because of advantages the color has in mating success. A biologist who developed theory of evolution of species (1859). He argued that all living species evolved into their present form through the ability to adapt in a struggle for survival. Natural selection process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest.
