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. 2021 Oct 25;376(1836):20200234.
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0234. Epub 2021 Sep 6.

Vocal learning in animals and humans

Sonja C Vernes  1   2   3 , Vincent M Janik  1 , W Tecumseh Fitch  4 , Peter J B Slater  1
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Vocal learning in animals and humans

Sonja C Vernes et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. .
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Experiments and observations on the singing of birds, by the Hon Daines Barrington, Vice President of the Royal Society. January 10, 1773, pp. 249, 256 [2].
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