BIOL 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Biological Specificity, Photic Zone, Foxp2
12 Nov 2017
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Compositional syntax is not unique to human language but may have evolved independently in animals as one of the basic mechanism of informational transmission. Evolution of foxp2 gene involved in speech and language. Language is uniquely human trait likely to represent a prerequisite for the development of human culture. During early development of the foxp2 gene is expressed in multiple organs including the heart the lungs the throat and the brain. All bird species have similar versions of the foxp2 so(cid:373)e (cid:1013)(cid:1012)% ide(cid:374)ti(cid:272)al. Bi(cid:396)ds that do(cid:374)(cid:859)t si(cid:374)g also ha(cid:448)e the foxp2. Ge(cid:374)e is (cid:449)idesp(cid:396)ead i(cid:374) mammals our version differs from that of mice by only 3 aa. Similar processes in other taxa ma(cid:272)a(cid:395)ue (cid:373)o(cid:374)keys (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:859) o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat they see, as hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) do. Language i a unique system of communication in humans and involves complex hemispheric specialization of the brain. Perspective of human linguistics vs animal behavioural systems.
