Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language—bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills.

by James C. Nieh

The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in which two children were prevented from hearing human speech so that a king could discover the true, unlearned language of human beings. Scientists now know that human language requires social learning and interaction with other people, a property shared with multiple animal languages….

 

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