Comparing Genomes Shows Split Between Chimps and People (NY Times)

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チンパンジーとヒトのゲノムに違いがあるのは;

They include genes for hearing and speech, genes that wire the developing brain, genes for detecting odors and genes that shape bone structure.

だから何だって感じだけど、面白かったのは以下の部分。

The project received a lift two years ago when a large London family with barely intelligible speech was found to have mutations in a gene called FOXP2. Chimpanzees also have a FOXP2 gene, but it is significantly different. The human version shows signs of accelerated evolutionary change in the last 100,000 years, suggesting that the gene acquired a new function that helped confer the gift of speech.

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