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Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

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Explore how birds independently developed complex brain circuits, challenging beliefs about brain evolution and ancestry.

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Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary ...