Nature ecology & evolutionAnimalsVocalizationAnimalBirdsLearning
Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds.
William E Feeney, James A Kennerley, David Wheatcroft, Wei Liang, Joleah B Lamb, Niki Teunissen, Shelby L Lawson, Janice K Enos, Bo Zhou, Colleen Poje, Nicole M Richardson, Thomas A Ryan, Zara-Louise Cowan, Rohan M Brooker, Mairenn Attwood
Published: 202510.1038/s41559-025-02855-9
Abstract
Signals in vocal communication systems range from innate to learned. Although innate and learned signals are often assumed to be independent, Darwin speculated that they could be evolutionarily related, with the former being the foundation of the lat…
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