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[[File:Buff.jpg|thumb|right|One popular sex icon for men: Zyzz, died young of sudden cardiac arrest from too much steroid use to make himself look hyper-masculine]] | [[File:Buff.jpg|thumb|right|One popular sex icon for men: Zyzz, died young of sudden cardiac arrest from too much steroid use to make himself look hyper-masculine]] | ||
'''Fisherian runaway''' is a hypothesized mechanism by which sexual selection can lead to exaggerated and sometimes even maladaptive ornamentation and | '''Fisherian runaway''' is a hypothesized mechanism by which sexual selection can lead to exaggerated and sometimes even maladaptive ornamentation and may play a role in the evolution of [[beauty]]. There is evidence that entire species have become extinct due to runaway sexual selection. The name derives from the originator of the concept, Ronald Fisher, the 20th century British statistician, geneticist, eugenicist and racialist. | ||
=Mechanism= | =Mechanism= | ||