Comment on A Mutation Gave Humans the Gift of Speech. These Mice Have It, Too.

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• Naz@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers found that a simple expansion of existing neural pathways allowed these mice to broaden their vocal repertoire — the same mutation believed to have paved the way for the development of human language

  I think they meant that its the same mutation both times

  The study: www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10458-y

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