Scientists link gene to emergence of spoken language
A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.
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Mice With a Human Gene Started Squeaking Differently. Could This Tiny Genetic Mutation Explain the Origin of Speech?
In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...
A single protein may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language
Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.