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Let me hear you speak!

by Justina86 @ 2008-04-12 - 14:05:46

Right, this is probably the craziest thing I’ve heard recently. Some anthropologist at Florida Atlantic University “has used new reconstructions of Neanderthal vocal tracts to simulate the voice. He says the ancient human's speech lacked the "quantal vowel" sounds that underlie modern speech.” This is quite amazing, I am stunned by the things modern humans are able to create.

Do visit the link below in order to read the whole article, it’s worth it.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn13672-neanderthals-speak-out-after-30000-years.html?feedId=online-news_rss20


 
 

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