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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. 66 million years ago, and one of those groups gave rise to the ducks and geese. The paper is “Fossil evidence of the avian vocal organ from the Mesozoic” by Julia A.

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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World – and Us: A Book Review

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But, reading this in the time of the “Me Too” movement, I tend to think that the ‘danger’ lies in giving scientific credibility to the transformative power of the female, whether she be bird, mammal, or human. Much of this, as Prum himself admits, is speculative and it is far less compelling than the ornithological chapters.

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