Friday 12 December 2014

Genes tell story of birdsong and human speech

FLORA AND FAUNA
Genes tell story of birdsong and human speech
Durham NC (SPX) Dec 12, 2014 - His office is filled with all sorts of bird books, but Duke neuroscientist Erich Jarvis didn't become an expert on the avian family tree because of any particular interest in our feathered friends. Rather, it was his fascination with how the human brain understands and reproduces speech that brought him to the birds. "We've known for many years that the singing behavior of birds is similar ... more


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