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76•gnabgib•4h ago•19 comments

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Open in hackernews

Baby chicks pass the bouba-kiki test, challenging a theory of language evolution

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28•beardyw•4d ago

Comments

c22•1h ago

Front page two days ago, 62 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105198

suddenlybananas•58m ago

I don't really see how it challenges any theory of language evolution. The bouba kiki effect is hardly necessary nor important for having language.