FOXP2基因是人类发现的第一个与语言相关的基因。自其被发现二十多年来,它已经成为国外有关语言神经生物学和生物语言学研究的前言热点。本文根据FOXP2与语言相关性研究的历程和现状以及Kate Distin的模因观或文化DNA假说,初步分析了语言的起源、习得和进化过程。在此基础上,文章对Chomsky的“普遍语法”提出了一些质疑。 The FOXP2 gene is the first human-associated gene found in humans. Since its discovery more than two decades ago, it has become a forerunner in the field of foreign language neurobiology and biological linguistics. Based on the history and current status of the FOXP2 research on language relevance and Kate Distin’s memetics or cultural DNA hypothesis, this paper analyzes the origin, acquisition and evolution of language. On this basis, the article put forward some questions about Chomsky’s “Universal Grammar.”