TACCSTER 2019 Proceedings
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Item Phylogenetic and Kinematic Constraints of the Vocal-flight–respiratory Axis(2019) Berg, KarlThe Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin posits that vocal imitation, the substrate for human speech, is a specialization of an ancestral neural pathway in the forebrain that controls locomotor activities. Birds have been the main model for understanding the biology of human speech, however, evolutionary explanations remain contentious and the Motor Theory has not been tested using phylogenetic comparative analysis, a cornerstone of evolutionary biology.