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Language and cultural evolution

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Evolutionary Biology·Science AdvancesPeer-reviewed·Apr 22, 2026
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Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans
Lucas G. Casten, Tanner Koomar, Taylor Thomas…+7 more authors·Jacob J. Michaelson
Polygenic score variants in HAQERs (Human Ancestor Quickly Evolved Regions, <0.1% of the genome) predict spoken language but not nonverbal IQ; language associations replicate in SPARK, ABCD and UK Biobank.
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human·multiple species
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