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Birds show babbler calls form meaning like early language
Researchers from University of Exeter and University of Zurich report that chestnut crowned babblers rearrange two basic sounds A and B to create distinct meanings in flight versus feeding calls. Experiments show listening birds distinguish the contexts, suggesting phoneme like structuring may predate human language evolution.
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University of Exeter
University of Zurich
Switzerland
Plos Biology
Sabrina Engesser
Andy Russell
Center For Ecology and Conservation
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Uni
Versity
Exeter
Penryn
Simon Townsend
Townsend