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Abstract
Recursion, once thought to be the unique province of human language, now seems to be within the ken of a common songbird — perhaps providing insight into the origins of language.BibTex
@article{marcus06starlings,
author={Gary F. Marcus},
title={Startling starlings},
journal={Nature},
year={2006},
month={April},
volume={440},
pages={1117-1118},
doi={10.1038/4401117a},
url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/marcus06starlings.html}
}