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Missing Syrinx Found! Mesozoic Vegavis vocalization verified

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Primates are exceptional among the mammals, living amphibians (which represent only a small part of the original amphibian family tree) are pretty noisy too. Fish are mostly silent on the matter. Novas, published in Nature (Published on line, 12 October 2016). Very few other vertebrates use sound so socially and so critically.

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