_________ first proposed sexual selection as an evolutionary mechanism.

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Charles Darwin first proposed sexual selection in his book "The Descent of Man" published in 1871. Maynard-Smith, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright are also notable contributors to evolutionary theory, but they did not propose sexual selection as an independent mechanism of evolution. Aristotle, on the other hand, did not propose sexual selection as he lived centuries before the development of the theory of evolution.

_________ First Proposed Sexual Selection as an Evolutionary Mechanism