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The Evolution of Life and the ‘Dead Species Walking’ with Henry Gee

Inquiring Minds

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The Gigantic Sea Scorpion

In mammals, two bones were added to use the kind of horny handed blacksmith metaphor. One was called the anvil and one was called the hammer. And in the ma as, these bones amplified the sound and allowed higher frequencies to be heard. That's why dog whistles work - we can't hear em, but the dogs can.

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