Primate voice boxes are evolving at rapid pace
Channel: PLOS Media
Date: 2020-11-17

The first large-scale study into the evolution of the larynx has led to the discovery that the larynx, or voice box, of primates is significantly larger relative to body size, has greater variation, and is under faster rates of evolution than in other mammals. Published in PLOS Biology and led by academics from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Stanford University, and the University of Vienna, the study found that, for a given body length, primate larynges are on average 38% larger than those of carnivorans, and that the rate of larynx evolution is faster in these species. Dr. Jacob Dunn of Anglia Ruskin University discusses the methods and findings of the study. 

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Read the study at: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000764