Controversy surrounds the suggestion that recursion is a uniquely human computational ability that enables language. A study now finds this ability in a songbird and takes steps toward a model system for syntactic competence.
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Bloomfield, T., Gentner, T. & Margoliash, D. What birds have to say about language. Nat Neurosci 14, 947–948 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2884
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