DiscoverEons: Surviving Deep TimeWhat Did The Past Sound Like?
What Did The Past Sound Like?

What Did The Past Sound Like?

Update: 2022-06-276
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How do we start to reconstruct the soundscapes of the past? Using modern environments, living representatives of ancient groups, and fossil anatomy, paleontologists have attempted to figure out what the past sounded like. And so far we’ve found the lead singers change, but the backup singers remain familiar.



Eons: Mysteries of Deep Time is produced by Complexly for PBS.

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ncooty

@9:25: That sound is similar in pitch to what can be heard today from insects in the forests of Thailand and Cambodia.

Jun 27th
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