Robert Clarkのインスタグラム(robertclarkphoto) - 7月28日 00時00分

One hundred and seventy-five years ago, Charles Darwin set out with a survey voyage, aboard the HMS Beagle, in what would be a groundbreaking expedition for his own theories and the way the world would come to see the origin of species. Intrigued by the vast differences in the closely-related mockingbirds and #finches on the #Galapagos, #Darwin brought this curiosity home to England and found a way to test his thoughts on speciation, using an animal equally admired and despised: the pigeon. Specifically, “fancy pigeons,” whose popularity and availability was on the rise just as Darwin needed specimens.
By cross-breeding the many species of fancy pigeon, he showed that contrary to the commonly-held belief that there were two different species which led to the diverse lot of the domestic pigeons, they all arose from just one wild species: the Rock #Dove (Columba livia). Though he professed to never developing a true fondness for the creatures, his fascination with them and interest in their origins allowed him to show himself that the theories where possible.
The first image is of a curler pigeon and the second is a box of bones from a bird that Darwin raised, he would study the structure and see if through his breeding he could "accelerate" #evolution
After their domestication, pigeons became far more than just sources of meat. People watched them and realized that their behavior mimicked that which we held in high esteem in humans: they’re monogamous, each of a pair serving and caring for the other and their offspring; they have a strong homing instinct, and fierce protection instinct in the nest; yet they’re largely peaceful creatures, highly intelligent but living what humans saw as a simple and ideal life.
These traits were exploited in #breeding successful messenger #pigeons as far back as ancient #Phoenicia. @atedge

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