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Bird songs across 350 species follow three rules of human speech
A McGill team compared 70,000 song units from 350-plus bird species with speech and song in 52 languages, and learning to sing made almost…
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A McGill team compared 70,000 song units from 350-plus bird species with speech and song in 52 languages, and learning to sing made almost…