[Ichneumon]

What prompted the ape to speciate,

One of the key events seems to have been a point mutation in the FOXP2 gene.

[HankReardon]

Are you dodging giving an answer MR educated intellect? It's a very easy thing to give an answer of yes or no. Is the wolf and the dog the same species?

[snarks_when_bored]

Hey, bud, I hope you're having a bit of fun this morning, because from what I can see, your chances of convincing your chief interlocutor and his smirking friends of the soundness of any results of evolution studies are about the same as convincing them that they need remedial thinking lessons.

Willful blindness is almost always an incurable malady.

[PatrickHenry]

Great link. Most interesting:

Perhaps one of the most fascinating lines of research opened up by the discovery of FOXP2 is the evolutionary origins of speech and language. “FOXP2 stands out,” says Dr Fisher. “It’s very unusual from an evolutionary point of view.”