Putting the uniquely human version of a certain gene into mice changed the way that those animals vocalized to each other, suggesting that this gene may play a role in speech and language.

The human version of this gene differs from that found in Neanderthals, Denisovans, and other animals by just one tiny amino acid change. However, that slight difference appears to be the key that ...

A woman who jumped on the trend of finding out what her dog would look like as a human was left speechless when she realized his human version was very familiar. Lois, who gave her first name only ...

In a quest to understand complex speech, scientists inserted what's been dubbed a human “language gene” into mice. Remarkably, the genetic tweak had a profound impact on the little rodents ...

In other words, it worked just like the original mouse version. However, they discovered something unexpected: the human ...