How are complex, learned behaviors—like speech and singing—encoded in our genes, and how did they evolve? Human speech depends on our ability to learn and control vocaliz [...]

Vocal learning is the ability to learn vocalizations through imitation, and is a rare trait shared by only a few lineages of mammals and three groups of birds. Songbirds [...]

The human brain executes complex motor behaviors such as speech or running or juggling, but the specific cell types, gene expression patterns, and physiological profiles [...]