Micro-biomechanics of the Kebara 2 hyoid and its implications for speech in Neanderthals.

Micro-biomechanics of the Kebara 2 hyoid and its implications for speech in Neanderthals.

The description of a Neanderthal hyoid from Kebara Cave (Israel) in 1989 fuelled scientific debate on the evolution of speech and complex language. Gross anatomy of the Kebara 2 hyoid differs little from that of modern humans. However, whether Homo neanderthalensis could use speech or complex langua...

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Main Authors: Ruggero D'Anastasio, Stephen Wroe, Claudio Tuniz, Lucia Mancini, Deneb T Cesana, Diego Dreossi, Mayoorendra Ravichandiran, Marie Attard, William C H Parr, Anne Agur, Luigi Capasso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24367509/?tool=EBI

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