I read this on the Bigfoot Evidence and thought it was an interesting video.Vocal experts examine the first full skeleton of a neanderthal ever to be discovered and uncover insights into the most likely sound our primitive cousins would have made.
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11 Responses to “Did Neanderthals Have High Pitched Voice?”
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Heather S
This was very interesting, I actually never thought of the sound they made. Thanks for posting video
Joel M
No wonder they’re extinct. Prolly got tired of getting their asses whipped cuz of their voice.
Seamus J. C
If you wonder if sasquatch is like a large neanderthal, that matches up with respect to their mutual robustness, ambush predation, woodland habitat–and perhaps the high-pitched voice as well. But it seems that sasquatch are frightfully agile, although I believe I have heard at least one witness describing their lower legs as relatively short?
Steve W
Elliott must be really fun at parties. Certainly could empty a room.
I doubt any of the noises he’s making are anywhere near accurate though. A human voice box simply cannot reproduce what a different shaped voice box can. Then throw in size, weight and body shape differences and I’m just not feeling the love for this experiment. Its like expecting a human to be able to walk exactly like Paddy. Our body shapes and leg differences just won’t allow it.
diana m
lol…..nawww
Middle Pleistocene European Homo hyoid bone(530 kya BP, almost certainly ancestral to Neanderthals, and sometimes included in Homo heidelbergensis), Late Pleistocene Homo hyoid bone (43 kya Kebara adult Neanderthal) & modern Homo sapien sapien hyoid bone are nearly identical along with air sac system.
9-10-2013
Comparative morphology of the hominin and African ape hyoid bone, a possible marker of the evolution of speech
http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=humbiol_preprints
DonRay
i still think we are the exception, in the hominid world……….. Ciao
Tyler D
I couldn’t stop laughing that entire time, that guys face plus the Mickey mouse voice was hilarious. Very informative but funny at the same time
diana m
Agreed DonRay.
Since we’re a basic off the rack mammal, there are two things that set us apart from all else is our 1. ability to be hypocritical, 2. abstract thought. ~ Robert Maurice Sapolsky (born 1957) is an American neuroendocrinologist, professor of biology, neuroscience, and neurosurgery at Stanford University, researcher and author. He is currently a Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and, by courtesy, Neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a Research Associate at the National Museums of Kenya
jamie smith
Very interesting.
Paul S
Haven’t heard anything from Shannon lately. Did she leave the show? Will is gone now, right?
charlene a
cool