Here's the study. It's got some really neat comparisons between the hyoid system of different cats! https://t.co/rQvcdz8zEZ
The roar of Rancho La Brea? Comparative anatomy of modern and fossil felid hyoid bones.
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Discussions highlight specific insights from the research, such as the observation that Smilodon fatalis might have produced sounds akin to modern purring cats, contrasting previously held beliefs about their vocal capabilities. Phrases like 'really neat comparisons' and 'it's complicated' indicate an enthusiastic yet nuanced appreciation of the study's findings, suggesting that participants are both intrigued and willing to explore deeper aspects of felid anatomy.
Most discussions reflect a consensus around the findings of the study, particularly regarding the vocalization abilities of Smilodon.
There is a high level of curiosity expressed about the study, especially regarding the unique aspects of hyoid bone morphology.
While some comments are surface-level, several participants delve into details about the study's implications, showcasing a moderate level of engagement.
Many contributors perceive the research to have a substantial impact on our understanding of felid evolution and vocalization.
Abstract in brief
- The study investigates the hyoid bone morphology of modern and extinct felids, emphasizing its role in vocalization abilities across species.
- The Rancho La Brea tar pits provide a unique collection of preserved hyoid bones, allowing for analysis of species like Smilodon fatalis and Panthera atrox.
- Findings suggest that while P. atrox may have produced roaring vocalizations, S. fatalis displayed characteristics closer to purring cats, indicating varied vocal capabilities among extinct felids compared to their modern relatives.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyDid #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https://t.co/6je8wU929o
Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library https://t.co/4QkV9TP90K
スミロドンは吠えたのか? スミロドン・ファタリスとアメリカライオンの化石に残る舌骨形状をネコ科現生種と比較して推論。J Morphol;https://t.co/8JCPWcrQKc
Deutsch et al. (2023) found that the sabertoothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) made sounds similar to mountain lions and ocelots, and not like lions and tigers as was believed before. Access the Research Article: https://t.co/wSlpGyJ39a Repost courtesy of @BREASproject. (2/2) https://t.co/LkWTZrzB8v
論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
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RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
Deutsch et al. (2023) found that the sabertoothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) made sounds similar to mountain lions and ocelots, and not like lions and tigers as was believed before. Access the Research Article: https://t.co/wSlpGyJ39a Repost courtesy of @BREASproject. (2/2) https://t.co/LkWTZrzB8v
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @rex_toyo: 論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
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RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @rex_toyo: 論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
RT @rex_toyo: 論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
ARTÍCULO REFERENCIA (acceso abierto) The roar of Rancho La Brea? Comparative anatomy of modern and fossil felid hyoid bones https://t.co/D0BHlsZGrv vía #JournalOfMonphology
RT @rex_toyo: 論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
RT @rex_toyo: 論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
論文はこれですね。 https://t.co/W93FaSPOM9
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @tharano34: スミロドンは吠えたのか? スミロドン・ファタリスとアメリカライオンの化石に残る舌骨形状をネコ科現生種と比較して推論。J Morphol;https://t.co/8JCPWcrQKc
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library https://t.co/4QkV9TP90K
RT @tharano34: スミロドンは吠えたのか? スミロドン・ファタリスとアメリカライオンの化石に残る舌骨形状をネコ科現生種と比較して推論。J Morphol;https://t.co/8JCPWcrQKc
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library https://t.co/4QkV9TP90K
RT @tharano34: スミロドンは吠えたのか? スミロドン・ファタリスとアメリカライオンの化石に残る舌骨形状をネコ科現生種と比較して推論。J Morphol;https://t.co/8JCPWcrQKc
RT @tharano34: スミロドンは吠えたのか? スミロドン・ファタリスとアメリカライオンの化石に残る舌骨形状をネコ科現生種と比較して推論。J Morphol;https://t.co/8JCPWcrQKc
スミロドンは吠えたのか? スミロドン・ファタリスとアメリカライオンの化石に残る舌骨形状をネコ科現生種と比較して推論。J Morphol;https://t.co/8JCPWcrQKc
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library https://t.co/4QkV9TP90K
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library https://t.co/4QkV9TP90K
Journal of Morphology | Animal Morphology Journal | Wiley Online Library https://t.co/4QkV9TP90K
Comparative anatomy of hyoid bones suggest that saber-tooth tigers (Smilodon fatalis) may have produced vocalizations similar to purring cats. https://t.co/7vZAlcHmAo #science #biology #anatomy #bones #tigers #smilodon
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
Here kitty, kitty, kitty!!! • The roar of Rancho La Brea? Comparative anatomy of modern and fossil felid hyoid bones | Journal of Morphology https://t.co/oFFDKKgJ3g .
RT @HodariNundu: Here's the study. It's got some really neat comparisons between the hyoid system of different cats! https://t.co/rQvcdz8zEZ
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @physorg_com: Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https:/…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @HodariNundu: Here's the study. It's got some really neat comparisons between the hyoid system of different cats! https://t.co/rQvcdz8zEZ
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @physorg_com: Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https:/…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @physorg_com: Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https:/…
RT @physorg_com: Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https:/…
RT @physorg_com: Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https:/…
RT @physorg_com: Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https:/…
Did #sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones @ncstate https://t.co/vnMjRRcNMM https://t.co/6je8wU929o
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
Here's the study. It's got some really neat comparisons between the hyoid system of different cats! https://t.co/rQvcdz8zEZ
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
Did sabertooth tigers roar or purr? It's complicated, according to new research from @NCStateSciences: https://t.co/vxzqOvJdVM @NCState @AdamHRose Paper is here: https://t.co/lxtLWx3QVW
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…
RT @AdamHRose: Did Smilodon roar? Check out our new paper in which PhD student Ashley Deutsch led an analysis of felid hyoid bones from @l…