NeuroscienceProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Altricial brains and the evolution of infant vocal learning
Renata B. Biazzi, Daniel Yasumasa Takahashi, Asif A. Ghazanfar
The paper compares brain development and vocal learning strategies in humans, marmosets, chimpanzees, and rhesus macaques, finding that faster brain growth at birth in humans and marmosets supports socially guided vocal learning.