… 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. …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Part of this review intends to identify the most accurate anatomical terms for auditory … Sound
transmission in archaic and modern whales: anatomical adaptations for underwater hearing…

… sounds to be transmitted back to the inner ear. Echolocation is evident in the earliest toothed
whales… evolution of mandibular form regarding this unique adaptation. Here, we use a high-…

… of the tympanal recess in underwater hearing capabilities, and a … adaptation to riverine
habitats allowed survival of ancient … hearing evolved after the emergence of modern whales. …

… adapted for underwater hearing (see review of anatomical … sheaths, possibly as an adaptation
to withstand ambient pressure [… in the ear canal of several toothed whales, although, in that …

… contemporary and ancient, classical times of whales or dolphins … waves (such as the melon,
mandibular “pan bone,” and inner ear). … Vascular (often retial) adaptations for diving and …