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William Feeney

Liverpool, Munich
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By William Feeney
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Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats

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By William Feeney, James Kennerley, Niki Teunissen
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A recent study reveals that birds worldwide use a similar call to warn of brood parasites like cuckoos. This call, which combines instinctive and learned elements, is used across species to communicate the presence of a threat. The findings offer insights into the evolution of language-like systems in animals. Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats.
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Birds all over the world use the same sound to warn of threats

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By William Feeney
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An angry Australian Superb Fairy-wren confronting a Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo. David Ongley Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability to communicate abstract concepts is often seen as a defining feature of our species, and one that separates us from the rest of life on Earth.
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