A Voice from the Past

Last Updated (Tuesday, 13 May 2008 08:58) Written by Raymond Nakamura

An anthropologist in Florida created a simulation of a Neanderthal based on reconstructing the voice box from skull measurements.
http://www.fau.edu/explore/media/FAU-neanderthal.wav

From this, Neanderthals may not have been able to make some fundamental sounds we use for language. Others argue not to draw too much from just physical dimensions.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn13672&print=true

No response from any Neanderthals yet, so if you know any, ask them what they think.

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