Erich Jarvis

And so in order to answer that question, in order to understand how it evolved, in order to understand is it working similarly or differently in all these different species, we need the genomes of all those different species. And that's how it impacts me personally.

And so in order to answer that question, in order to understand how it evolved, in order to understand is it working similarly or differently in all these different species, we need the genomes of all those different species. And that's how it impacts me personally.

Yes, that's my goal, right? I believe we will get a much better handle at figuring out the underlying genes and what we call the gene network of how those genes interact with each other from having these 260 species. At the next level, which represents all families, that's going to be over 1,200 species. We've done a study to show that

Yes, that's my goal, right? I believe we will get a much better handle at figuring out the underlying genes and what we call the gene network of how those genes interact with each other from having these 260 species. At the next level, which represents all families, that's going to be over 1,200 species. We've done a study to show that

Yes, that's my goal, right? I believe we will get a much better handle at figuring out the underlying genes and what we call the gene network of how those genes interact with each other from having these 260 species. At the next level, which represents all families, that's going to be over 1,200 species. We've done a study to show that

just on behavior alone, that some species of songbirds are more advanced than other species at their ability to imitate sounds, including human speech sounds. Like if Blue Jay is really great, a zebra finch is, you know, okay. And we found that there's a nice linear correlation between more advanced vocal learning abilities and problem-solving skills.

just on behavior alone, that some species of songbirds are more advanced than other species at their ability to imitate sounds, including human speech sounds. Like if Blue Jay is really great, a zebra finch is, you know, okay. And we found that there's a nice linear correlation between more advanced vocal learning abilities and problem-solving skills.

just on behavior alone, that some species of songbirds are more advanced than other species at their ability to imitate sounds, including human speech sounds. Like if Blue Jay is really great, a zebra finch is, you know, okay. And we found that there's a nice linear correlation between more advanced vocal learning abilities and problem-solving skills.

So in phase two, we hope to be able to interrogate the genomes of species that are more advanced or less advanced at particular behaviors and get at the underlying genetics of even more detailed vocal learning skills.

So in phase two, we hope to be able to interrogate the genomes of species that are more advanced or less advanced at particular behaviors and get at the underlying genetics of even more detailed vocal learning skills.

So in phase two, we hope to be able to interrogate the genomes of species that are more advanced or less advanced at particular behaviors and get at the underlying genetics of even more detailed vocal learning skills.

Absolutely. So many people don't even realize this. If you ask people to say, what are the smartest animals out there, right? Without realizing, they'll name a dolphin. They'll say an elephant. They'll say a crow, which is a songbird or a parrot. So there's a high overlap in our natural perceptions of intelligent animals and vocal learners. And so I call this the vocal learning cognitive complex.

Absolutely. So many people don't even realize this. If you ask people to say, what are the smartest animals out there, right? Without realizing, they'll name a dolphin. They'll say an elephant. They'll say a crow, which is a songbird or a parrot. So there's a high overlap in our natural perceptions of intelligent animals and vocal learners. And so I call this the vocal learning cognitive complex.

Absolutely. So many people don't even realize this. If you ask people to say, what are the smartest animals out there, right? Without realizing, they'll name a dolphin. They'll say an elephant. They'll say a crow, which is a songbird or a parrot. So there's a high overlap in our natural perceptions of intelligent animals and vocal learners. And so I call this the vocal learning cognitive complex.

where the ability to imitate sounds and communicate with learned vocalizations is associated with a set of complex behaviors that seem to co-evolve together, one of them being problem solving and another being unsuspecting dancing, synchronizing body movements to sound in a very rhythmic way that other species can't seem to do as well as vocal learners.

where the ability to imitate sounds and communicate with learned vocalizations is associated with a set of complex behaviors that seem to co-evolve together, one of them being problem solving and another being unsuspecting dancing, synchronizing body movements to sound in a very rhythmic way that other species can't seem to do as well as vocal learners.

where the ability to imitate sounds and communicate with learned vocalizations is associated with a set of complex behaviors that seem to co-evolve together, one of them being problem solving and another being unsuspecting dancing, synchronizing body movements to sound in a very rhythmic way that other species can't seem to do as well as vocal learners.

That's right. I think it also means for all these species that we're getting the genetic data for, we're going to have to create a trait database for as well. We can say what the commonalities are and how those commonalities evolved either convergently or inherited from a common ancestor.

That's right. I think it also means for all these species that we're getting the genetic data for, we're going to have to create a trait database for as well. We can say what the commonalities are and how those commonalities evolved either convergently or inherited from a common ancestor.

That's right. I think it also means for all these species that we're getting the genetic data for, we're going to have to create a trait database for as well. We can say what the commonalities are and how those commonalities evolved either convergently or inherited from a common ancestor.