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Hearing the Jurassic: Ultrasonic Insect Songs
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While dinosaur roars are lost to time, the fossilized wings of ancient insects preserve the exact acoustic signals they generated 165 million years ago. By analyzing the sound-producing organs of Jurassic crickets and katydids, researchers reconstructed an extinct acoustic landscape that features the earliest known ultrasonic communication. These high-frequency calls evolved long before bats,…