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Comments on MetaFilter post "aboriginal landscapes of fabulous hybrid creatures"Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:39:22 -0800Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:39:22 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60"aboriginal landscapes of fabulous hybrid creatures"
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<a href="http://margueritehumeau.com/">Marguerite Humeau</a> is an artist who has made reconstructions of <a href="http://margueritehumeau.com/act_3/">extinct creatures' vocal tracts</a>, extrapolating from extant species and fossil remains. <a href="http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-extinction-orchestra.html">The Extinction Orchestra</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.designboom.com/design/marguerite-humeau-back-here-below-formidable/">Back Here, Below, Formidable</a> <blockquote>composed of soft tissue, the vocal chords of animals do not fossilize; only the surrounding bone is preserved.
humeau's extrapolation of the form of the windpipes involved extensive research and collaboration
with paleaeontologists, zoologists, veterinarians, engineers, explorers, surgeons, ear and throat specialists, and radiologists.</blockquote>
<a href="http://m.npr.org/news/Science/138644143">Ever Wonder What A Wooly Mammoth Sounds Like?</a>
<a href="http://www.icrates.org/the-prehistoric-opera-an-interview-with-marguerite-humeau/">The Prehistoric Opera: An Interview with Marguerite Humeau</a> <blockquote><b>Could you tell us about "Lucy" in a bit more detail.</b>
This prototype is the first of a larger series of reborn extinct creatures. Lucy (Australopithecus Afarensis) used to live 3,85 to 2,95 million years ago. It was one of our human ancestors – actually one of the first hominids – the mother of humanity. The remains of Lucy were found in 1974 in Ethiopia. "Lucy In the Sky" was playing on the radio when they found it, so that's why she is called Lucy.
For this prototype I used the data from a vocal tract ( trachea, larynx- including the vocal chords, mouth, nose, pharynx, and sinuses) CT-scan from a human, and compared it with the data of a chimpanzee and the skull of Lucy.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/objects/147553/">Lucy at MoMA</a>
The interview with Humeau at <a href="http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2013/04/opera-for-prehistoric-creature.php">We Make Money Not Art</a> has many more links, along with a history of the project and other places it has been displayed - and heard.
<a href="http://vimeo.com/user3133929">Vimeo</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128999Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:03:49 -0800the man of twists and turnsmargueritehumeaubldgblogartartistprehistoricfossillucywoolymammothextinctextinctionvocalvoiceboxvocalcordresonanceresonantcavityresonancechambersinuspreservationfossilizationfreezeMoMApaleontologyradiologyzoologyveterinariansurgeryotolaryngologycryogenicscloningEntelodontAmbulocetusMammothImperatoraustralopithecusoperadubstepBy: a hat out of hell
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This is amazingly cool.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128999-5031430Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:39:22 -0800a hat out of hellBy: MCMikeNamara
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I hope that I don't seem to diminish this entire project -- which I think is outstanding and makes me want to cry with joy for humanity and its general awesome abilities -- by pointing out how amused I am that "3D reconstruction of CT scans of an asian elephant's vocal tract, used as research for 'mammoth imperator'" looks like a smushed penis.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128999-5031450Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:46:14 -0800MCMikeNamaraBy: DU
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Which of these links has the output of her doing this with an animal that we have actual recordings of to see how well the technique works?comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128999-5031551Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:35:55 -0800DUBy: answergrape
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In the late 1990s, a paleontologist from New Mexico History Museum and an engineer at Sandia used 3-D imaging of CT scans of fossils and many supercomputer cycles to make vocalizations of a Parasaurolophus. You can hear some of the vocalizations at the very old links <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/media/dinosaur.htm">here</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128999-5031599Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:02:49 -0800answergrapeBy: homunculus
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/the-sounds-of-v/">Shhh, Listen — Rare Soundscapes of Vanishing Habitats</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128999-5035316Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:05:07 -0800homunculus
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