A new study shows how the brain reorganizes itself in the first few months after a stroke to improve the ability to speak ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Casts of skulls are exhibited in the Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Scientists have found genetics played a big ...