Ancient Whale Skulls and Directional Hearing: A Twisted Tale

Ancient Whale Skulls and Directional Hearing: A Twisted Tale
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:00:00 -0500

Skewed skulls may have helped early whales find the direction of sounds in water and are not solely, as previously thought, a later adaptation related to echolocation.

Scientists affiliated with the University of Michigan and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) report the finding in a paper published online this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Asymmetric skulls are a well-known characteristic of the modern whale group ...

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