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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.

  • Ech@lemmy.ca
    141·
    20 days ago

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

    • Otter@lemmy.ca
      3·
      20 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