Neandertal FoxP2, human too

by | Oct 18, 2007 | FoxP2, Genes, Neandertals

It was announced today that Neandertals had the same version of the FoxP2 gene that humans do. Because it’s thought that our particular version of FoxP2 is involved in speech and language, it may be that Neandertals also had these skills. It’ll be...

Bat FoxP2

by | Oct 16, 2007 | FoxP2

Finally, I’m catching up on the bat FoxP2 news. The FoxP2 gene appears to be crucial in humans, quite possibly for the role it played in language evolution. It looks like human FoxP2 changed as a result of adaptation, and so now does FoxP2 in bats. FoxP2 in bats...