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Question 3 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2020 Medium MCQ +3.00 marks · -1.00 negative

In the late 1960s, while studying the northern-elephant-seal population along the coasts of Mexico and California, Burney Le Boeuf and his colleagues couldn't help but notice that the threat calls of males at some sites sounded different from those of males at other sites…

Which one of the following best sums up the overall history of transformation of male northern elephant seal calls?

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