Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Origins of Spoken Language. The first spoken languages probably developed 50-- to 100,000 years ago. Some hypotheses claim early forms in primal Homo species May go back as far as 2 million years ago. Prehistoric languages evolved from Simple vocalizations to ever-greater complexity. Modern humans have developed advanced linguistic skills. This is most likely due to a genetic mutation, Playing a vital role in the emergence of human speech. There is a human-specific variant of the NOVA 1 gene, Absent in Neanderthals and Denisovans, Leading to spoken language. All this advance results from a single amino acid change In the NOVA 1 gene. As we speak to each other, think now and then, That this ability may be due to that small amino acid change. Frank Maurer 19 February 2025 1010 Hours.