This month we conclude our mini-series on the tongue, this amazingly versatile organ. I've saved two very special animals to discuss for the end. The first is the amazing tongue of the woodpecker. In 2011, Chinese scientist conducted an intense study of the Great...
We have discussed how the tongue is essential for swallowing and digestion and how fossil evidence for tongue evolution is lacking. We reviewed how the tongue plays a critical role in vocalization. Now, I’d like to consider some of the amazing tongues that God created...
Last month we discussed how the tongue, so essential for swallowing and digestion, lacks fossil evidence for gradual evolution. In this second part, we focus on the matter of vocalization. The association of the tongue with speech is so close that expressions like...