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A newly identified version of a gene in the human genome appears to have influenced our capacity for complex speech.

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Researchers from the University of Aix-Marseille studied the genomes of several ancient individuals—Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a ...

A groundbreaking study implicates a specific gene in the evolution of human speech, highlighting its uniqueness to Homo ...

Our genus, Homo, emerged at least 2.8 million years ago, while our species, Homo sapiens, dates back to at least 300,000 years ago. So early Homo species overlapped with Paranthropus.