Re: Neanderthal "voice boxes"?

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In article <5ao8tn$8nk$1@usenet.dacom.co.kr>,
Michael Plant <sisaki@bora.dacom.co.kr> wrote:

>Recently I have regained access to the internet after a long absence.
>I have also been given a (rather badly written) monograph called
>"The Great Debate", a creationist reader for ESL students. At any rate,
>in both the monograph and at some creationist sites there is mention of
>recent finds of well preserved Neanderthal remains with intact voice boxes
>"proving" that they were capable of speech. The monograph even cites a
>Scientific American article (of course, without giving author, volume, or
>publication date).
>
>I haven't been "out of the loop" that long; perhaps a year. I certainly
>have never heard of any finds like this and am very skeptical but intrigued.
>Does anyone on the list know anything about this?

Check out "The Neandertal Enigma", by James Shreeve. It talked about
this debate.

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Jim (Chris) Foley,                 jim.foley@symbios.com

Assoc. Prof. of Omphalic Envy      Research interest:

Department of Anthropology         Primitive hominids

University of Ediacara             (Australopithecus creationistii)

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