Birds' sexual selection: where did the hemale's beauty tasts come from?

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A new explanation is that first needing relationships selected brids tasts, and laterly the female's tasts select the male's plumages. A video and a paper show how birds' colorful plumages reflect their favorite foods and enviroments. https://researchfeatures.com/needing-aesthetics-explain-birds-beauty-preferences/

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