Scientists Bring 165 Million Year Old Insect Sounds Back to Life

Researchers led by Thorin Jonsson (University of Graz), together with colleagues from Lincoln, Bristol, Beijing and Tempe, have reconstructed the sounds of Jurassic crickets and grasshoppers. Thanks to exceptionally well-preserved fossils of nine grasshopper species from the Middle Jurassic in Inner Mongolia, scientists were able to calculate the exact pitches of their mating calls through analyses, simulations and AI. These...