Charles Darwin was a very influential scientist, whose ideas caused controversy in his time. Although many only remember his ideas on natural selection, he had many other contributions, the most "controversial" being that of sexual selection, which you can see in this video.
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To learn more:
Book "The Descent of Man and Sexual Selection": https://archive.org/details/darwin-charles.-a-origem-do-homem-e-a-selecao-sexual/page/n7/mode/2up
Note by Wallace criticizing the idea of sexual selection: https://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/S459.htm
Article on Ronald Fisher's contributions to evolution: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/004058099090013L
Article by Bateman on sexual selection in Drosophila: https://www.nature.com/articles/hdy194821
Article on parental investment (from Trivers): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288653750_Parental_Investment_and_Sexual_Selection
Article on the handicap principle: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022519375901113?via%3Dihub
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Script: Bruno
Editing: Marcos André @_marcos.axs
Revision: Amanda