A Conversation with Darwin on Man Revisited: 150 Years to The Descent of Man

Editorial: A 150 years' celebration of Darwin's book on human evolution and sexual selection: its legacy and future prospects

“…This Research Topic launched in 2021 aimed at celebrating the 150 years of Darwin's The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex book from 1871, in which he offered a promising and comparative research program about human evolution and its relation to sexual selection, that has led to a variety of studies, discoveries, and scientific progress. Recently, there have been many similar initiatives for the sesquicentenary celebration, including reviews (Brooks, 2021 ; Fritzsche et al, 2021 ; Richerson et al, 2021 ; Harman, 2022 ; Rosenthal and Ryan, 2022 ), opinion pieces (Fuentes, 2021 ; Whiten et al, 2021 ), books (DeSilva, 2021 ; Bertranpetit and Peretó, 2022 ), and Research Topic (Gavrilets et al, 2021 ). The majority of celebratory texts relate to human evolution in general, and only a few touch on human psychology or even sexual selection.…”