… Extreme hearing abilities in whales derive from a mid-frequency ancestral … Anatomical
evidence for low frequency sensitivity in an archaeocete whale: comparison of the inner ear of …

… However, given that our focus is on adaptations to underwater hearing, we will focus … Sound
transmission in archaic and modern whales: Anatomical adaptations for underwater hearing. …

… sound transmission pathway. The modality of the adaptation of the earliest cetaceans to
underwater hearing … The anatomical survey of the tympanic bulla of UM-KPG-M 73 highlights the …

… Here, we show that archaic odontocetes had a cochlea … we have lacked anatomical
evidence from their inner ear to test … possesses several adaptations to high-frequency hearing: …

… This chapter focuses on the most exceptional auditory adaptations … We see evidence of
ancient observations today also in … Japan and smaller whaling operations in the Faroe Islands. …

… this underwater hearing system, the rare 14 data on the auditory … an anatomical survey, 17
I explore the external sound … Into the dark: patterns of middle ear adaptations in subterranean …

… main function of hearing and of the auditory system in animal … explain below – because of
the anatomy of his vocal tract, … VPL, but it still remains an archaic trait, given that it is common to …

… human auditory ossicles. We propose that the ultra-high mineralization facilitates the unique
hearing ability of sperm whales. … or convergent adaptation to middle ear sound transmission. …

… hearing was born underwater. Mechanoreceptor hairs embedded in dimples on the sides of
fish—known as the lateral line organs—are an ancient fluid … ) help sharpen whale hearing. In …

… that a review of the anatomical and developmental embryology may … The evolutionary
adaptations to the external ear canal … baleen whales is their specialisation for underwater hearing. …