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Dominguez, M. H. and Rakic, P. (2009) Language evolution: The importance of being human. Nature, 462(7270):169--170.
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Abstract

The FOXP2 gene is implicated in the development of human speech and language. A comparison of the human and chimpanzee FOXP2 proteins highlights the differences in function in the two species.
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@article{dominguez09FOXP2,
  author={Martin H. Dominguez and Pasko Rakic},
  title={Language evolution: The importance of being human},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2009},
  month={November},
  volume={462},
  number={7270},
  pages={169--170},
  doi={10.1038/462169a},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/dominguez09FOXP2.html}
}