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10-13-2016, 06:31 PM
Fossil sheds light on evolution of birdsong

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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



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