The Talking Neanderthals: What Do Fossils, Genetics, and Archeology Say?

dc.contributor.author	Johansson, Sverker
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-28T10:57:07Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-28T10:57:07Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12528/1497
dc.description.abstract	Did Neanderthals have language? This issue has been debated back and forth for decades, without resolution. But in recent years new evidence has become available. New fossils and archeological finds cast light on relevant Neanderthal anatomy and behavior. New DNA evidence, both fossil and modern, provides clues both to the relationship between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, and to the genetics of language. In this paper, I review and evaluate the available evidence. My conclusion is that the preponderance of the evidence supports the presence of some form of language in Neanderthals.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.subject	Neanderthal	en
dc.subject	language	en
dc.subject	genetics	en
dc.subject	archeology	en
dc.subject	DNA	en
dc.subject	Homo sapiens	en
dc.subject	genetics of language	en
dc.title	The Talking Neanderthals: What Do Fossils, Genetics, and Archeology Say?	en
dc.type	Article	en