Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning.
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- 10.1126/science.adr9983
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- 2026 Oct 29
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@article{allodium:10.1126/science.adr9983,
title = {Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning.},
author = {James LS and Oudyk K and Pescaru MI and Wall EM and Chen Y and Pearse WD and Sakata JT},
year = {2026},
journal = {Science (New York, N.Y.)},
doi = {10.1126/science.adr9983},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr9983}
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TY - JOUR TI - Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning. AU - James LS AU - Oudyk K AU - Pescaru MI AU - Wall EM AU - Chen Y AU - Pearse WD AU - Sakata JT PY - 2026 JO - Science (New York, N.Y.) DO - 10.1126/science.adr9983 UR - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr9983 ER -
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LS, J., K, O., MI, P., EM, W., Y, C., WD, P., & JT, S. (2026). Pervasive patterns in bird songs resemble those in human speech and song and are independent of vocal learning.. Science (New York, N.Y.). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr9983
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