Early Humans; Human Evolution; Evolution; Anthropology; Public Health; Security and Defense; Educational Policy; Education and Employment

Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions (HAQERs) as critical genetic “volume knobs” that drive human language ability. These regulatory DNA elements represent less than 0.1% of the genome but exert roughly 200 times more influence on language capacity than any other genomic region, according to findings published in … Read more