Tangled web. The network of genes that work in concert with both the chimp and human FOXP2 is complex. Large green hubs are the most important genes; lines that connect two genes indicate whether their expression goes up (red) or down (blue) together. …
Read Original Story: What's Behind Our Gift of Gab? – Science Now
TWO SMALL chemical changes – that may be all that was needed to give early humans the power to talk. The complexity of human language is something that sets us apart from our nearest relative, the chimpanzee. And yet the trigger that allowed this …
Read Original Story: Talking through the genes – Irish Times
PARIS — Two minute changes in a gene that is otherwise identical in humans and chimps could explain why we have full-fledged power of speech while other primates can only grunt or screech, scientists said on Wednesday. The findings may also point to …
Read Original Story: Tiny evolutionary mutation led to 'language gene': study – AFP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function. Humans and chimpanzees share most of their DNA. …
Read Original Story: Why Can't Chimps Talk? It's More Than Just Genes – ABC News
Of the 20000 genes in the human genome, few are more fascinating than FOXP2, a gene that underlies the faculty of human speech. All animals have an FOXP2 gene, but the human version’s product differs at just 2 of its 740 units from …
Read Original Story: Speech Gene Shows Its Bossy Nature – New York Times
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed a gene mutation that might help explain why humans are able to talk but our closest relatives, chimpanzees, are not. Researchers found a gene that looks and acts differently in chimps and humans. …
Read Original Story: Gene found that seems key in evolution of speech – WZTV
By comparing how a gene critical for language works in humans and chimpanzees, researchers have identified an entire network of genes involved in the incredible linguistic powers of Homo sapiens. The findings don’t explain how language …
Read Original Story: Human-Chimp Gene Comparison Hints at Roots of Language – Wired News
WASHINGTON — Chimps, our nearest relative, don’t talk. We do. Now scientists have pinpointed a mutation in a gene that might help explain the difference. The mutation seems to have helped humans develop speech and language. It’s probably not the only …
Read Original Story: Gene found that seems key in evolution of speech – The Associated Press
Mutations in the FOXP2 gene could help explain why humans can speak but chimps can’t. Two tiny changes in the sequence of one gene could have helped install the mechanisms of speech and language in humans. In 2001, a gene called FOXP2 was found to …
Read Original Story: Evolution of a single gene linked to language – Nature.com (subscription)
Two tiny changes in a gene linked to language may help to explain why people can speak and animals cannot, new research has shown. Though the gene, known as FOXP2, differs only very slightly between human beings and chimpanzees, scientists have …
Read Original Story: why we can talk, but chimps can't answer back – Times Online
