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Neanderthals’ Speech Capacities
May 9 , 2024
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- Researchers unveiled evidence that Neanderthals possessed the capacity both to hear and produce speech sounds akin to modern humans.
- They had optimized hearing in the 4 to 5 kilohertz range, similar to modern humans, suggesting a need for vocal communication.
- The ear structures of Neanderthals and a Sima hominin ancestor, a fossil dating back approximately 430,000 years was analysed for this.
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