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MULTI-GENETIC. “However, it is obvious that changes in many other genes were necessary for the shaping of the language faculty during human evolution, and at present we can only guess at how many there might be.” https://lnkd.in/dTkGwcGB View in LinkedIn

A VERY BIG DEAL. “Thus, the isolation of the first gene that is both clearly linked to a high-level human function (spoken language) and is a derived trait in humans (differing from chimps and identical among human populations) is cause for considerable excitement.” https://lnkd.in/dTkGwcGB View in LinkedIn

TRANSGENICS. “Work is currently in progress to genetically engineer a mouse with copies of the human gene. Although no one expects this will result in a talking mouse, it will enable a detailed investigation of the effects of the FOXP2 gene on mammalian neural development, and identification of the cascade of other genes that the FOXP2 transcription factor presumably regulates.” https://lnkd.in/dTkGwcGB View in LinkedIn

Old lifestyle of preserving home grown tomatoes at the end of the season. Photo credit to Lola, a picture of her father. View in LinkedIn

BRIDGING STUDIES. “In order to determine the dust properties of high-redshift galaxies, data of the same quality that has been obtained for nearby galaxies is required.” https://lnkd.in/dAkZ_ejH View in LinkedIn

THE OBSERVER MAKES THE UNIVERSE. “We must conclude that our very act of measurement not only revealed the nature of the photon’s history on its way to us, but in some sense determined that history.” (John Archibald Wheeler’s delayed choice experiment, one of quantum’s greatest enigmas; a phenomenal essay). https://lnkd.in/d7YphmqJ View in LinkedIn

THE IMPORTANCE OF DUST. “This geometrical uncertainty will inevitably result in uncertainty about the mass of dust. Hence, dust masses quoted in papers must be treated with caution, and may be best used as a comparative measure to distinguish galaxies.” https://lnkd.in/dAkZ_ejH View in LinkedIn

BIG IMPACT. “Thus, a simple and relatively recent change of two amino acids in a protein is enough to result in major behavioral and cognitive changes in the human lineage.” https://lnkd.in/dTkGwcGB View in LinkedIn

Eggs in an open market. In Europe, chickens are raised in such a manner that refigeration is not required and eating raw eggs is not dangerous. They also have abundant uncured cheeses. View in LinkedIn

DATING OF DIVERGENCE. “Of numerous minor changes at the level of individual base-pairs, only two changes lead to changes at the protein (amino acid) level. Statistical analysis of the pattern of changes gave a (relatively imprecise) estimate of when these changes occurred in human phylogeny, somewhere between 200,000 years ago and the present.” https://lnkd.in/dTkGwcGB View in LinkedIn