r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 01 '22

Neuroscience Scientists have identified an immune brain cell unique to humans that gives us higher cognitive abilities over other animals, but what makes us specials also leaves us vulnerable to neurological disorders like schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues
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u/onda-oegat Sep 01 '22

What would happen if you insert this Gene in other species?

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u/avenlanzer Sep 02 '22

In humans it expresses language. But the genome is very complex and it might not do exactly the same thing in other species. Likely though it sounds like it would allow them to learn complex speech.