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. 2017 Aug 7;27(15):R753-R755.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.066.

Communication: Animal Steps on the Road to Syntax?

Andrew F Russell  1 , Simon W Townsend  2
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Communication: Animal Steps on the Road to Syntax?

Andrew F Russell et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

From tool use to teaching, proto-forms of 'human traits' are being discovered in animals. But what of language? New evidence suggests that a garden bird has hopped on the long road to syntax, an integral component of language.

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