October 19, 2001

Scientists Find the First Gene Linked to Human Communication

By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

As a species, we are what we speak. Nothing defines humanity so much as our ability

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to communicate abstract thoughts, whether about love, dreams, or remembering to take out the garbage tomorrow morning. Scientists have long tried to understand when and how the knack

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