Nmissi (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nmissi) wrote,@ 2008-09-06 12:27:00 |
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I need to find a better paper on this:
That actually sounds fricking fascinating, but not because of the writer's take on the info. All primates have thumbs. What I found interesting was that the dna caused activity in the throat as well as the hands and feet. Throat. Vocal apparatus. This could be amazing, where is the original data, dammit? I want the researchers' NAMES.
ETA: I've found two more articles, but not yet the original paper. Nothing in the others about the throat. Maybe the Popsci author got the details wrong?
ETA at 2:40 pm- John Hawks has provided further information- and it's just as exciting as it first sounded. It IS affecting development of multiple traits- among them, throat, mouth, and EAR. Fully half the human trait package- dexterity and speech- might be involved here.
This is so exciting! And I am a big ole geek. Also, I am sick and twisted. Because part of me went, "ooh, what if they put the enhancers in chimp embryos, and brought them to term? Chimps have their own version of Fox P2, they have their own version of Broca's area... if they developed more human speech and hearing apparatus... might they be able to speak? " It is a good thing I am not a scientist. I would be Dr. Frankenstein.
That actually sounds fricking fascinating, but not because of the writer's take on the info. All primates have thumbs. What I found interesting was that the dna caused activity in the throat as well as the hands and feet. Throat. Vocal apparatus. This could be amazing, where is the original data, dammit? I want the researchers' NAMES.
ETA: I've found two more articles, but not yet the original paper. Nothing in the others about the throat. Maybe the Popsci author got the details wrong?
ETA at 2:40 pm- John Hawks has provided further information- and it's just as exciting as it first sounded. It IS affecting development of multiple traits- among them, throat, mouth, and EAR. Fully half the human trait package- dexterity and speech- might be involved here.
This is so exciting! And I am a big ole geek. Also, I am sick and twisted. Because part of me went, "ooh, what if they put the enhancers in chimp embryos, and brought them to term? Chimps have their own version of Fox P2, they have their own version of Broca's area... if they developed more human speech and hearing apparatus... might they be able to speak? " It is a good thing I am not a scientist. I would be Dr. Frankenstein.
