A new study of a fossilized ankylosaur suggests it could have uttered birdlike calls. By Carolyn Wilke In the next generation of dinosaur-based blockbuster films, some of the star creatures could ...
"Dinosaurs only had this single bone in their middle ear, the stapes – a key structure in translating vibrations in air, sound waves, to the inner ear that can then be processed by the brain," says ...
Sound doesn't fossilise, of course. From what we know about animal behaviour, however, dinosaurs were almost certainly not silent. Now with the help of new, rare fossils and advanced analysis ...