Cognitive Neurobiology and Helmholtz Institute,Departments of Psychology and Biology,Utrecht University,3584 CH Utrecht,The
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, MA
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Dec;37(6):547-8; discussion 577-604. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13003956.
Unlike nonhuman primates, thousands of bird species have articulatory capabilities that equal or surpass those of humans, and they develop their vocalizations through vocal imitation in a way that is very similar to how human infants learn to speak. An understanding of how speech mechanisms have evolved is therefore unlikely to yield key insights into how the human brain is special.
与非灵长类动物不同，数千种鸟类具有与人类相当或超过人类的发音能力，它们通过声音模仿来发展自己的叫声，这与人类婴儿学习说话的方式非常相似。因此，了解言语机制是如何进化的，不太可能为我们理解人类大脑的独特性提供关键的线索。
