Gene For Human Speech


 


Brought to attention by studying an Australian family with a speaking disorder, a gene that influences flexibility of the larynx (thus increasing the structural capability for human speech) is being reported on chromosome 8 (appropriately named the "tospeak" gene). First seen in other primates, it is partially duplicated in humans where its influence is apparently greater, generating speech
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