Ornaments evolve faster than weapons

Mohammadali Dashtbali, Louisa Hutton-Adams, Megan Watts, Jonathan M. Henshaw, William L. Allen

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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2026.1143
Published: 2026-08-19
Container: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher: The Royal Society
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1098/rspb.2026.1143,
  title = {Ornaments evolve faster than weapons},
  author = {Mohammadali Dashtbali and Louisa Hutton-Adams and Megan Watts and Jonathan M. Henshaw and William L. Allen},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences},
  doi = {10.1098/rspb.2026.1143},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.1143}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ornaments evolve faster than weapons
AU  - Mohammadali Dashtbali
AU  - Louisa Hutton-Adams
AU  - Megan Watts
AU  - Jonathan M. Henshaw
AU  - William L. Allen
PY  - 2026
JO  - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DO  - 10.1098/rspb.2026.1143
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Dashtbali, M., Hutton-Adams, L., Watts, M., Henshaw, J. M., & Allen, W. L. (2026). Ornaments evolve faster than weapons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.1143

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