Scientists believe they have isolated the gene that makes it possible for humans to speak language; through experiments, they have found that the gene itself does not do anything. Rather, the gene controls 116 other genes that work together to make language possible. The human gene differs by only 2 of over 700 parts from the same gene in chimpanzees.
If you're interested, you can read about it on the NYTimes website: "Speech Gene Shows Its Bossy Nature".
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