Eocene evolution of whale hearing

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7001, 2004, Pages 776-778

  Hummela, Sirpa ^a   Thewissen, J G M ^a   Bajpal, Sunil ^b   Hussain, S Taseer ^c   Kumar, Kisher ^d  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODIES OF REVOLUTION;

SOUND TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATES;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

WATER;

EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HEARING; WHALE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CETACEA; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FOSSIL; HEARING; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VERTEBRATE; WHALE; ANIMAL; EAR; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ODONTOCETI; VERTEBRATA;

AIR; ANIMALS; EAR; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HEARING; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; WATER; WHALES;

EID: 4043048630     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02720     Document Type: Article

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