ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 1月10日 08時19分

In @nytmag | A male flame #bowerbird is a creature of incandescent beauty. But their #plumage, with colors that transition from molten red to sunshine yellow, is not enough to attract a mate. So what is the evolutionary justification for the bowerbird’s ostentatious display? To reconcile such splendor, biologists have favored the idea that beauty in the animal kingdom evolved as indicators of a potential mate’s advantageous qualities. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory. But now, nearly 150 years later, a new generation of biologists is reviving Darwin’s neglected brainchild. Beauty, they say, does not have to be a proxy for health or advantageous genes. Sometimes beauty is the glorious but meaningless flowering of arbitrary preference. Visit the link in our profile to read more from @nytmag’s cover story, all about how the natural splendor of the animal kingdom is prompting some scientists to rethink evolution. @kenjiaokiphoto took this photo of a male Indian peafowl. Swipe left to see a male king bird-of-paradise and more photos of #bird plumage.

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