Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

The findings could someday help identify and treat speech-related problems, researchers said. View on euronews ...

Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The gene is called NOVA1, and in our own species, it is remarkably unique. While ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language in humans. When put in mice, it changed the way ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic ...