Re: Human Language. (long post)

Phillip Bigelow (bh162@scn.org)
Wed, 08 Jan 1997 20:38:04 -0800

John A. Halloran wrote:

> What are the oldest skeletons that show evolution away from the primate vocal
> tract pattern?

H. neanderthalis. Essentially yesterday, geologically-speaking.
There is a 5-10 my gap in the fossil record of hominid hyoids.
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