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Birdsong and whale song show patterns similar to human language

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University of Edinburgh
Birdsong and whale song show patterns similar to human language
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An international research team has discovered that Bengalese finch birdsong follows statistical patterns similar to human language. This suggests that the fundamental building blocks of language may be a universal feature of learned communication rather than a uniquely human trait.

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