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50 million year old cricket and katydid fossils hint at the origins of insect hearing

January 2, 2012
How did insects get their hearing? A new study of 50 million year-old cricket and katydid fossils -- sporting some of the best preserved fossil insect ears described to date -- help trace the evolution of the insect ear, says a new study by researchers working at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. Read more
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