BBC What the Songbird Said

[madl74]

for those who can access it, BBC Radio 4 have just transmitted an
interesting programme on "bird language". "What the Songbird Said" is on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tz9jr

and it will be repeated on Monday 18 May.

Quote;

"Could birdsong tell us something about the evolution of human language?
Language is arguably the single thing that most defines what it is to be
human and unique as a species. But its origins - and its apparent sudden
emergence around a hundred thousand years ago - remains mysterious and
perplexing to researchers."

David Brinicombe