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Sound analysis hints sirens have an evolutionary link with wolf howls

17 September 2020

Wolf howls may have served as a danger signal to our ancestors – and modern emergency sirens may be an effective way to alert us because they sound like howls

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Sound analysis hints sirens have an evolutionary link with wolf howls

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