Scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speechand language in this book leading scholars draw on the latest research to explore what birdsongcan tell us about the biology of human speech and language and the consequences for evolutionarybiology they examine the cognitive and neural similarities between birdsong learning and speech andlanguage . Birdsong speech and language exploring the evolution of mind and brain mit press amazonde bolhuis johan j everaert martin berwick robert c chomsky noam . Exploring the evolution of mind and brain edited by johan j bolhuis and martin everaert foreword by robert c berwick and noam chomsky overview scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speech and language in this book leading scholars draw on the latest research to explore what birdsong can tell us about the biology of human speech and language and . Birdsong speech and language exploring the evolution of mind and brain johan j bolhuis martin everaert robert c berwick noam chomsky scholars have long been captivated by the parallels between birdsong and human speech and language. Birdsong speech and language exploring the evolution of mind and brain edited by johan j bolhuis and martin everaert foreword by robert c berwick and noam chomsky