Cosmos, 2/3/2022 • Neanderthals were capable… (8-10)

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“This really is the key”, says study lead author Mercedes Conde-Valverde, of the Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. “The presence of similar hearing abilities, particularly the bandwidth, demonstrates that the Neanderthals possessed a communication system that was as complex and efficient as modern human speech”.

The team behind the study has been developing this research line for nearly two decades, and is continuing work with other collaborators to extend the analyses to additional fossil species. For the moment, however, they’re soaking up the pleasure of their new findings.

“These results are particularly gratifying”, says Ignacio Martinez, also from Universidad de Alcalá. “We believe, after more than a century of research into this question, that we have provided a conclusive answer to the question of Neanderthal speech capacities”.

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