Momentous Discovery Shows Neanderthals Could Produce Human-Like Speech
Our Neanderthal cousins had the capacity to both hear and produce the speech sounds of modern humans, a study published in 2021 found.
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Our Neanderthal cousins had the capacity to both hear and produce the speech sounds of modern humans, a study published in 2021 found.
A new study reveals that Neanderthals, our closest ancestors, possessed the ability to perceive and produce human speech.
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In contrast to earlier analyses, the Banyoles jawbone was found to be most similar to Homo sapiens fossils, not Neandertals
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