Neanderthals and modern humans have same version of the FOXP2 gene.
The present version of the gene located on the 7th chromosom, evolved about 200,000 years ago and is believed to be connected with speech.
The same gene is linked with song in birds.
http://www.evolutionpages.com/FOXP2_language.html
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A not very good blog about genetics,mainly human population genetics. This blog will be about genes,genetic discoveries,haplotypes and DNA etc
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It would be useful if you posted links to source information or references, so that the reader can see the whole story in context.
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