%0 Journal Article %T Syntax and compositionality in animal communication %A Klaus Zuberb¨¹hler %J - %D 2020 %R 10.1098/rstb.2019.0062 %X Syntax has been found in animal communication but only humans appear to have generative, hierarchically structured syntax. How did syntax evolve? I discuss three theories of evolutionary transition.. %U https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2019.0062