Is There a Critical Age or Period for Learning Languages? | Dr. Erich Jarvis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So convergence of the behavior is associated with similar genetic disorders of the behavior . Incredible , I have to ask , do hummingbirds sing or do they hum ? Hummingbirds hum with their wings and sing with their Syrinx in a co ordinated way in a coordinate way .

Is There a Critical Age or Period for Learning Languages? | Dr. Erich Jarvis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Hummingbirds hum with their wings and sing with their Syrinx in a co ordinated way in a coordinate way . There's some species of hummingbirds , um , that actually will , um , Doug ler showed this , that will flap their wings and create a slapping sound with their wings that's in unison with their song and , oh , and you would not know it , but it sounds like a particular syllable in their songs . Uh , even though it's their wings and their voice at the same time , hummingbirds are clapping to their song clapping , but they're , they're snapping their wings together , uh , in unison with a song to , to make it like if I'm going ta , ta , ta , ta , ta , ta , ta , you know , and I banged on the table except they make it almost sound like their voice with their wings .

Is There a Critical Age or Period for Learning Languages? | Dr. Erich Jarvis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

There's some species of hummingbirds , um , that actually will , um , Doug ler showed this , that will flap their wings and create a slapping sound with their wings that's in unison with their song and , oh , and you would not know it , but it sounds like a particular syllable in their songs . Uh , even though it's their wings and their voice at the same time , hummingbirds are clapping to their song clapping , but they're , they're snapping their wings together , uh , in unison with a song to , to make it like if I'm going ta , ta , ta , ta , ta , ta , ta , you know , and I banged on the table except they make it almost sound like their voice with their wings . Incredible .

Is There a Critical Age or Period for Learning Languages? | Dr. Erich Jarvis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Incredible , I have to ask , do hummingbirds sing or do they hum ? Hummingbirds hum with their wings and sing with their Syrinx in a co ordinated way in a coordinate way . There's some species of hummingbirds , um , that actually will , um , Doug ler showed this , that will flap their wings and create a slapping sound with their wings that's in unison with their song and , oh , and you would not know it , but it sounds like a particular syllable in their songs .

Is There a Critical Age or Period for Learning Languages? | Dr. Erich Jarvis & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Exactly . And what's amazing about hummingbirds ? And I , we're gonna say vocal learning species in general is that for whatever reason , they seem to evolve multiple complex traits , you know , this idea that the evolving language , spoken language in particular comes along with a set of specializations .