Common evolutionary origin of acoustic communication in choanate vertebrates

Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen; Simon William Townsend; Linilson Rodrigues Padovese; Nicole Klein; Peter Praschag; Camila R. Ferrara; Stephan Ettmar; Sabrina Menezes; Arthur Pinatti Varani; Jaren Serano; Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33741-8

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Common evolutionary origin of acoustic communication in choanate vertebrates

Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen,
Simon William Townsend,
Linilson Rodrigues Padovese,
Nicole Klein,
Peter Praschag,
Camila R. Ferrara,
Stephan Ettmar,
Sabrina Menezes,
Arthur Pinatti Varani,
Jaren Serano,
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

Affiliations

Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen: Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich
Simon William Townsend: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution, University of Zurich
Linilson Rodrigues Padovese: Department of mechanical engineering, University of Sao Paulo
Nicole Klein: Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich
Peter Praschag: Turtle Island – turtle conservation and research center
Camila R. Ferrara: Wildlife Conservation Society – WCS Brasil
Stephan Ettmar: ZooCon zoological consulting
Sabrina Menezes: Federal University of Tocantins
Arthur Pinatti Varani: Sao Paulo Metodista University, Sao Bernardo do Campo
Jaren Serano: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra: Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33741-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Here, the authors record acoustic communication in 53 species commonly considered non-vocal and reconstruct acoustic communication as originating 407 million years ago.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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