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  Linguistics Babbling Birds [long_description] At first glance, the chestnut-crowned babbler’s capacity for communication may seem comparable to the way humans form meaningful words from meaningless phonemes. Should this line of thought be taken seriously, or is this one for the birds? Theoretical linguist Riny Huybregts critically dissects claims that the babbler’s capacity for vocal calls provides an evolutionary basis for human speech.

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