The FOXP2 Gene

The FOXP2 gene

A) is under strong natural selection in humans.
B) originated in a distant ancestor of many modern species, and was independently modified to facilitate vocal learning and speech.
C) is unique to humans and is primarily responsible for facilitating human speech.
D) is only found in close relatives to humans, indicating that it was critical for the evolution of language capacity but not speech.

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