Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree." However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate.

A new study suggests the unique human version of the NOVA1 protein developed after our ancestors split from Neanderthals on ...

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' ability to ...

NOVA1 may be a bona fide human 'language gene,' though certainly it's only one of many human-specific genetic changes." Robert B. Darnell, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology Three ...