Scientists Recreate a Jurassic Insect Soundscape begins with a clear news idea: Our next story asks a wonderful question: if we could visit the dinosaur age, what would we hear? Researchers used fossils to reconstruct what some cricket-like insects may have sounded like about 165 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period. These were not modern crickets exactly, but ancient relatives with body parts that may have helped them make sound. How can a fossil have a sound? Great question. Fossils do not come with audio recordings. Scientists have to be detectives. They study
Important details from the episode include: Our next story asks a wonderful question: if we could visit the dinosaur age, what would we hear? Researchers used fossils to reconstruct what some cricket-like insects may have sounded like about 165 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period. These were not modern crickets exactly, but ancient relatives with body parts that may have helped them make sound.
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Important details from the episode include: Our next story asks a wonderful question: if we could visit the dinosaur age, what would we hear? Researchers used fossils to reconstruct what some cricket-like insects may have sounded like about 165 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period. These were not modern crickets exactly, but ancient relatives with body parts that may have helped them make sound.
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