In a chapter entitled “Predators, Silence, Wings,” author David George Haskell explores the soundscapes of bygone eras of animal communication.
ABOVE: From Figure 1A in Béthoux, Olivier, André Nel, Jean Lapeyrie, and Georges Gand. “The Permostridulidae fam. n. (Panorthoptera), a new enigmatic insect family from the Upper Permian of France.” European Journal of Entomology 100 (2003): 581-86.
Book Excerpt from Sounds Wild and Broken
Book Excerpt from Sounds Wild and Broken
In a chapter entitled “Predators, Silence, Wings,” author David George Haskell explores the soundscapes of bygone eras of animal communication.
In a chapter entitled “Predators, Silence, Wings,” author David George Haskell explores the soundscapes of bygone eras of animal communication.
ABOVE: From Figure 1A in Béthoux, Olivier, André Nel, Jean Lapeyrie, and Georges Gand. “The Permostridulidae fam. n. (Panorthoptera), a new enigmatic insect family from the Upper Permian of France.” European Journal of Entomology 100 (2003): 581-86.
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