books.google.co.uk - The "ant" and the "peacock" stand for two puzzles in Darwinism--altruism and sexual selection. How can natural selection favor those, such as the worker ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favor of the public-spirited ways of the commune? And how can "peacocks"--flamboyant, ornamental and apparently...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Ant_and_the_Peacock.html?id=y0wTY3z3nggC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Ant and the Peacock