Ancient DNA shared with Neanderthals may explain human language
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Researchers discovered that tiny genetic 'switches' inherited from Neanderthals have outsized influence on human language ability despite comprising less than 0.1% of the genome, advancing scientific understanding of language's genetic basis.
This does not prove these genetic regions are the sole determinant of language ability, nor does it explain the full mechanism of how language evolved or functions.
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