NY Times :: Early Voices: The Leap to Language
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> In the 70 million years since people and mice shared a
> common ancestor, there have been just three changes in the
> FOXP2 protein's 715 units, Dr. Paabo reported. But two of
> those changes occurred in the last six million years, the
> time since humans and chimps parted company, suggesting
> that changes in FOXP2 have played some important role in
> human evolution.

The Soul gene?
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