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What's unusual about a descended larynx?
The reason we evolved a descended larynx, he argues, has less to do with language than with the advantages that come with size.
Fitch found that animals like lions and koalas also have a descended larynx, and, equally important, he showed that bigger animals have deeper voices.
"We lack fur, walk upright, have big brains and subcutaneous fat and have a descended larynx, a feature common among aquatic animals but not apes".
It has been suggested that a descended larynx may be the result of evolutionary pressures to exaggerate size, allowing individuals to gain advantages during sexual competition.
As a biologist with a special interest in animal communication, Fitch discovered that red deer possess a descended larynx, an anatomical feature that scientists had previously believed was unique to human beings and central to the development of speech.
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