Abstract
In this chapter, we review work on the nature of vocal learning in human primates, comparing them en passant to nonhuman primates who share many of their capacities but are both less eager and less successful vocal learners. The basic question underlying this review is whether the precocious and prolific vocal learning of human primates can be explained by biological mechanisms that are specific to the language system or whether it relates to more general social capacities and to the particular social context of vocal learning in humans.
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