E. D. Jarvis
2012
Birds, primates, and spoken language origins: behavioral phenotypes and neurobiological substratesdoi.orgPDF
Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience 4, 2012
Abstract Vocal learners such as humans and songbirds can learn to produce elaborate patterns of structurally organized vocalizations, whereas many other vertebrates such as non-human primates and most other bird groups either cannot or do so to a very limited ...
2008
Molecular mapping of movement-associated areas in the avian brain: a motor theory for vocal learning origindoi.orgPDF
PLoS ONE 3(3):e1768, 2008
Vocal learning is a critical behavioral substrate for spoken human language. It is a rare trait found in three distantly related groups of birds-songbirds, hummingbirds, and parrots. These avian groups have remarkably similar systems of cerebral vocal nuclei for the control of ...MORE ⇓
Vocal learning is a critical behavioral substrate for spoken human language. It is a rare trait found in three distantly related groups of birds-songbirds, hummingbirds, and parrots. These avian groups have remarkably similar systems of cerebral vocal nuclei for the control of ...