Birdsong normalized by culture

W. Tecumseh Fitch
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W. Tecumseh Fitch: University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria. tecfitch@mac.com

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7246, 519-520

Abstract: Both birdsong and human language are learned, requiring complex social input. New findings show, however, that bird populations 'seeded' with aberrant song input transform it to normal song in a few generations.

Date: 2009
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