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Direct linkNottebohm, Fernando; Liu, Wan-Chun – Brain and Language, 2010
We do not know how vocal learning came to be, but it is such a salient trait in human evolution that many have tried to imagine it. In primates this is difficult because we are the only species known to possess this skill. Songbirds provide a richer and independent set of data. I use comparative data and ask broad questions: How does vocal…
Descriptors: Evolution, Infants, Anatomy, Animals
