{
  "id": 14262480,
  "title": "Variations in the human vocal tract could have influenced language diversity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/variations-in-the-human-vocal-tract-could-have-influenced-language",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T18:00:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-variations-human-vocal-tract-language.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The anatomical differences in our vocal tracts could be one of the sources of our Tower of Babel—the vast difference in languages spoken around the world, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Steven Moran and Tiena Danner from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and colleagues.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}