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While the FOXP2 gene is not believed to have caused speech to
emerge, it probably allowed humans to speak much more clearly, said
study author Svante Paabo, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute
for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.<p>
Researchers found the human version of the gene is different
from its counterpart in other species, showing changes that may
have contributed to our language abilities.<p>
"We had communication of a sort, and then this change happened
and allowed the carriers to articulate much better. This may have
been the time we arrived at truly modern, articulate language,"
Paabo said. "It sort of, I believe, fine-tuned our speech."
<p><a name="1"></a><span class="subhead">Located by Disease</span><p>
A mutated form of the gene was linked last year to a speech
disorder that impairs movement of the mouth, lips and tongue and
problems such as use of the wrong word tense.<p>
The researchers compared forms of the gene in mice, humans,
chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and rhesus macaques, and found
small differences, the researchers report Wednesday in a paper
published online by the journal <i>Nature</i>.<p>
Two spots in the human gene differed from the chimpanzee,
gorilla and macaque forms, and three differed from the orangutan,
the researchers found.<p>
Precisely how the human gene affects language has not been
determined other than its link to the speech disorder.<p>
Todd Disotell, an associate professor of anthropology at New
York University, said the link between the gene and the emergence
of language in humans has not been proven.<p>
"The best analogy I can give is that we know of a gene
responsible for muscular dystrophy and that affects how you walk.
Because some people have that mutation, does that make it the gene
for walking? No," Disotell said.<p>
"It's probably related, but it might be loosely related. Until
we get a lot more data, we are not going to be able to answer
that."<p>
Paabo said more needs to be known about the gene's function.<p>
"People might say if we put this in a chimpanzee, it could
talk. I don't think that is the case, speech is more complex than
that," Paabo said.
<p><a name="1"></a><span class="subhead">The Language Advantage</span><p>
Whatever its function, the gene became widely established within
the last 200,000 years, the researchers concluded after comparing
DNA from humans across the globe. By looking at the area around the
gene, the researchers found very little variation, and what
variation they did find indicated recent evolutionary change, said
Anthony Monaco, a co-author of the study.<p>
That time is well after the split between the evolutionary
lineages of modern humans and Neanderthals, Paabo said.<p>
The widespread adoption of the FOXP2 gene fits a scenario under
which the expansion of the population of modern humans would be
driven by the appearance of a more-proficient spoken language, the
researchers said.<p>
The earliest anatomically modern human first appeared no more
than 125,000 years ago, said Eric Delson, a paleoanthropology
professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York.<p>
If the gene was established before that, it would have been in
what can be "broadly termed archaic Homo sapiens, … some
individuals of which by that time were in some ways beginning to
look like modern humans, but not very much," said Delson, who was
not involved in the study.<p>
Paabo said those who first had the gene may have had a survival
advantage because their improved communication abilities may have
allowed them to hunt better, for example.<p>
"Or tell nice stories to the girls. Or sing beautifully,
maybe," Paabo said.<p>
A version of the gene also has been found in birds, said
co-author Wolfgang Enard, also at the Planck institute. Whether
other communicative species, such as whales, share the gene has not
been determined, Paabo said.
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