The origin and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds
James Rule, Travis Park, Moganavalli Kattan, Camille Grohé, Roxana Taszus, Stephanie M Palmer, David P. Hocking, Justin W. Adams, Alistair R. Evans, Ian G. Brennan, Tahlia I. Pollock, Daniela Sanfelice, Felix Georg Marx, Naoki Kohno, Martin Sabol, , Natalie Cooper
This study investigates the evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds using 3D shape and phylogenetic analyses, finding that cavernous tissue enables acoustic impedance matching between air and water.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jul 15, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology