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ACCOUNT INACTIVE MOVED TO BLUESKY Reader in Evolutionary Biology @AngliaRuskin @Cambridge_Uni. Interested in evolution, behaviour and ecology
Aug 12, 2020 10 tweets 7 min read
📢NEW PAPER (a thread): Proud and happy to announce our new paper (open access) in @PLOSBiology: 'Rapid evolution of the primate larynx?'. Thanks to Dan Bowling, Jeroen Smaers, @_MaximeGarcia, @TecumsehFitch, and other brilliant colleagues!! 🎉🙏journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… 1/10 The larynx is an important organ, which has evolved for three key functions: protecting the airway during feeding, regulating the supply of air to and from the lungs, and vocal communication. Therefore, we may expect it to be under strong selection pressure (howler in image) 2/10