A single amino acid change in a protein may underlie human language | Researchers discovered that replacing a single building block in the protein NOVA1 with its human-specific version altered the vocal sounds that mice make. This human-specific variant is absent in Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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A single amino acid change in a protein may underlie human language
Mice engineered with a human-specific NOVA1 variant (I197V) showed altered vocalizations and RNA splicing in brain regions controlling sound production, suggesting that this mutation may have contributed to the evolution of human speech.
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