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A Mutation Gave Humans the Gift of Speech. These Mice Have It, Too. (www.nytimes.com)

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Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found might change how we study both species.

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A mutation gave everything the gift of everything. That's...how it works.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Akirrrrraaaaaa!

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

In a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers found that a simple expansion of existing neural pathways allowed these mice to broaden their vocal repertoire — the same mutation believed to have paved the way for the development of human language

I think they meant that its the same type of mutation both times. Language and neurobiology are complicated fields so similarities help to figure out causation

The study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10458-y