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10-13-2016, 06:31 PM
Fossil sheds light on evolution of birdsong
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/120B2/production/_91760937_syrinx2.jpg
Scientists have reconstructed the "voicebox" of an extinct bird that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.
The bird may have honked, quacked or whistled, like a duck or goose.
Investigation of the oldest-known fossil of a bird's vocal organ - the syrinx - gives clues to how birdsong Evolved.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37618314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtnXsaXt-8E
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/120B2/production/_91760937_syrinx2.jpg
Scientists have reconstructed the "voicebox" of an extinct bird that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.
The bird may have honked, quacked or whistled, like a duck or goose.
Investigation of the oldest-known fossil of a bird's vocal organ - the syrinx - gives clues to how birdsong Evolved.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37618314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtnXsaXt-8E