Dr RL

“ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge:”
― Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man

“Sexual selection will also be largely dominated by natural selection tending towards the general welfare of the species.”
― Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man

“For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who, descending from the mountains, carried away in triumph his young comrade from a crowd of astonished dogs—as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practices infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions.”
― Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man

“Sexual selection acts in a less rigorous manner than natural selection. The latter produces its effects by the life or death at all ages of the more or less successful individuals.”
― Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man