NEANDERTHALS HAD ABILITY TO SPEAK LIKE MODERN HUMANS ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY

In the last 20 years, some scientists have come to believe that Neanderthals had the ability to communicate with each other using speech, and new analysis of a fosilised hyoid bone has added weight to their claims.


The horseshoe-shaped bone in the neck looks like a modern human’s and now computer modelling has revealed that it was probably used in a similar way.


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