Humming Fish Reveal Ancient Origin of Vocalization

Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 17:49 in Biology & Nature

Humans, birds, and other land animals share a brain circuit for vocalizing with toadfish, suggesting that the mechanism first appeared in animals 400 million years ago, a new study says.

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