I talk so I exist

Is this gene separating the humans from other primates ?. FOXP2 is crucial to our ability to talk to the elaborate degree we humans are able. A British family with an abnormal copy of FOXP2 ısknown to have “immobility of the lips, tongue, and mouth, which makes their speech garbled.”

Is FOX2P the ‘language gene’? I’m afraid not, it’s certainly necessary for speech and it has a role to play in our fine motor control but the story behind the evolution of language hasn’t been solved quite yet and there are many, many more factors to consider.

FOX2P is probably necessary but not sufficient for mother tongue.