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aritmo | 3 years ago

They used to believe there was a Language of Humans. If you did not teach any language to a baby, somehow he would start talking in an ancient old language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_deprivation_experimen...

Now it is the same but with animals.

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david_allison|3 years ago

Birdsongs can be genetic. It doesn't strike me as infeasible that a limited form of communication could also be.

jjtheblunt|3 years ago

how do you know birdsongs can be genetic? not sure how to find citations.

but, sounds very cool.