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SUBMITTER: Chen Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6969000 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200117 1
Acoustic communication is crucial to humans and many other tetrapods, including birds, frogs, crocodilians, and mammals. However, large-scale patterns in its evolution are largely unstudied. Here, we address several fundamental questions about the origins of acoustic communication in terrestrial vertebrates (tetrapods), using phylogenetic methods. We show that origins of acoustic communication are significantly associated with nocturnal activity. We find that acoustic communication does not incr ...[more]