Edward Bagnall Poulton
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Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, FRS HFRSE FLS was a British evolutionary biologist, a lifelong advocate of natural selection through a period in which many scientists such as Reginald Punnett doubted its
Photograph by James Lafayette
The Colours of Animals, 1890, introduced terms including "aposematic".
Warning coloration of the "Brazilian Skunk" in The Colours of Animals: Poulton introduced the term aposematism in the book.
Poulton with the Entomological Society in 1904 (sitting, centre)
The Colours of Animals
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The Colours of Animals is a zoology book written in 1890 by Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton. It was the first substantial textbook to argue the case for Darwinian selection applying to all aspects of anima
Edward Bagnall Poulton
…scientists such as Reginald Punnett doubted its importance. He invented the term sympatric for evolution of species in the same place, and in his book The Colours of Animals (1890) was the first to recognise frequency-dependent selection. He is remembered for his pioneering work on animal coloration and camouflage, and in…
Cover of first edition
Title page of first edition of The Colours of Animals, 1890
Frontispiece: Mimicry in South African Butterflies, the only chromolithograph in the book