Given the wide variety of meaningful calls among primates, and how
some in the lab can be taught sign language, its reasonable to assume
the Neanderthals had an even more extensive system of communication.
We have a word for that:"language".
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The prototype for the Eurovision song contest? ... France, Neanderthals were singing, dancing and tapping on stalagmites ... human knowledge - the link between language and music. ... He argues that Neanderthals, as well as some other, early hominids,... In brief, it means prehistoric man or woman used phrases, a modern... (uk.philosophy.humanism)
Evolution of Music ... the small band of Neanderthals gathered... particularly before language.... "Music," says Prof. Mithen, "can exist within the brain in the absence ... The fact that listeners hear the same emotion in a given musical score ... (uk.philosophy.humanism)
Re: Extra cash in bid to boost Gaelic ... I can attest to this in hearing Gaelic as the dominant language spoken... And as recent as the 1980's Gaelic wasn't taught in Dunblane High School due to an apparent "lack of demand", yet they somehow thought when I was there it made sense to run a Latin class for 4 people and a Russian class for 4 people. ... One of the teachers at Dunblane High taught modern studies but also happened to be a native speaker of Glencoe Gaelic, a Gaelic teacher and a winner of the National Mod Bardic Crown. ... (soc.culture.scottish)
Re: Neanderthals wore make-up and liked to chat ...dark pigments to mark their own as well as animal skins. ...Neanderthals could speak, d'Errico says. ... These add to evidence of pigment among Neanderthal from some 39 other ... Seventh Evolution of Language Conference in Barcelona, ... (sci.archaeology)
