Human Evolution: Neandertal gene speaks out

Erik Trinkaus

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.055

Human Evolution: Neandertal gene speaks out

Curr Biol. 2007 Nov 6;17(21):R917-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.055.

Author

Erik Trinkaus¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA. trinkaus@artsci.wustl.edu

PMID: 17983567
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.055

Abstract

An analysis of Neandertal DNA indicates that they shared with living humans a form of the FOXP2 gene, the absence of which impairs speech and cognitive processing related to human language.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution*
Forkhead Transcription Factors / genetics*
Hominidae / genetics*
Humans
Language*

Substances

FOXP2 protein, human
Forkhead Transcription Factors