More than Brutish Grunting: Can One Bone Prove Neanderthal Speech Existed?
For a long time, the common depiction of Neanderthals was a group of unintelligent subhumans who could only communicate through wild gestures and loud grunts. But many researchers were not convinced Neanderthals were as primitive as the media made them appear.
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