Re: Neanderthals and speech
DuVal F. Lawrence (dln@ornl.gov)
Fri, 2 Dec 1994 14:52:54 GMT
In article <3bfrde$53f@bronze.lcs.mit.edu> buglady@bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Aliza R. Panitz) writes:
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>From: buglady@bronze.lcs.mit.edu (Aliza R. Panitz)
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>Subject: Re: Neanderthals and speech
>Date: 29 Nov 1994 13:20:30 -0500
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>tesielin@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Todd Sieling) writes:
>>One theory about why Neanderthals died out suggests that they could not
>>achieve as fully developed a language as humans existing at the same time
>>could. [...]
>In article <3b30ba$r6n@medici.trl.OZ.AU>,
>Jacques Guy <jbm@newsserver.trl.oz.au> responded:
>>Indeed, I have seen this argument time and again. But it amounts to nonsense
>>when you think carefully about it. Firstly, why should have Neanderthals
>>died out from lack of language? Innumerable animal species lack language.
>>Have *they* died out? So this argument does not hold water.
>I believe that all species lacking language that came into direct niche
>competition with species having language have died out.
> - Aliza
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