How Bio began for some Neanderthals
We imagine Bio began for some Neanderthals when their forkhead domain of FOXP2 first mutated. This change impacted the transcription factor it coded, and the rest is history.
Of course it is sensational to say FOXP2 is the “speech gene”, or that one or two mutations lead to the development of speech, so we’ve made this sensational video to honor the idea.
Hopefully scientists will soon understand more about the cascade of changes that came from this mutation, the difference they made in neural connectivity, and all the physical changes that came before and after.
In the meantime, enjoy our homage to those mullets, I mean mutants, who could first speak.
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