The antiquity of human speech as evidenced by prehistoric data

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  • Franciszek M. Rosiński

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.46.2.09

Abstract

The author gives a concise review of main views on morphological and cultural evidence of origin of human speech. Interpretation of observational evidence by various authors is to a certain extent contradictory. The present author is of the opinion that there would not be any serious doubts as to accepting a hypothesis that Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, and even other species of the genus Homo used, though possibly in a primitive form, vocal linguistic communication.

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30-12-1980

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Rosiński, Franciszek M. 1980. “The Antiquity of Human Speech As Evidenced by Prehistoric Data”. Anthropological Review 46 (2): 321-28. https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.46.2.09.