Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

Underpinning the two unique human attributes of systematic tool use and language is a brain that has specifically evolved to give us the capacity to handle these attributes in a meaningful way.

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