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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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Prum proudly describes the unique methods undertaken by his colleague, Patricia Brennan, which included the construction of glass duck vaginas. I would have been very happy simply reading about these birds and the research projects that uncovered their unique behavior, biology, and evolutionary history.

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