Study Challenges Evolution of How Humans Acquired Language (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Study Challenges Evolution of How Humans Acquired Language

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What makes us human? The FOXP2 gene has been associated with uniquely human language abilities. But a new study with a wider variety of people shows no evidence of selection for FOXP2 in modern humans.

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Brenna Henn, UC Davis

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