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Oldest known squawk box suggests dinosaurs likely did not sing
October 12, 2016
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The oldest known vocal organ of a bird has been found in an Antarctic fossil of a relative of ducks and geese that lived more than 66 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs. The discovery of the Mesazoic-era vocal organ--called a syrinx--and its apparent absence in nonavian dinosaur fossils of the same age indicate that dinosaurs may not have been able to make noises similar to bird calls we hear today.Full StorySource
University of Texas at Austin
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