Unveiling the Sounds of Ancient Creatures

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This chapter explores the difficulties faced in recreating the sounds of dinosaurs due to the absence of fossilized sound-producing structures. Highlighting a unique case of a fossilized cricket relative, it examines the potential for using similar methods to understand the vocalizations of these ancient creatures while recognizing the inherent challenges.

They probably didn’t roar like lions. Their real voices were likely much, much weirder. We asked scientists to help us re-create these strange, extinct sounds. (First published in 2022)

Guests: Michael Habib, professor at UCLA, Julia Clarke, professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Jonny Crew, sound designer at Wounded Buffalo

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