title: Human Evolution: Neandertal gene speaks out.
abstract: An analysis of Neandertal DNA indicates that they shared with living humans a form of the FOXP2 gene, the absence of which impairs speech and cognitive processing related to human language.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA. trinkaus@artsci.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trinkaus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language
chemical_list: C465448:FOXP2 protein, human; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors