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Taylor Vessel
Authored by Taylor Vessel
Modern humans share genomic innovations for complex language with ancient Neanderthals
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Using an evolutionary-stratified polygenic score, researchers find new understanding of our DNA's impact on human language capabilities
