The dispute over the peacock’s tail

The tuned tail of the peacock has kept many evolutionists up at night and has come to symbolize the consideration of “expensive” ornaments in the natural world. Are they evidence of strength or evidence of handicap?

[Photo by NAUSHIL ANSARI, Pexels]

In 1860, Charles Darwin wrote: “the sight of the feathers in a peacock’s tail, whenever I look at them, makes me nauseous.” The British naturalist, one of the fathers of the theory of…