Sentences with phrase «neanderthal hyoid»

This has been suspected since the 1989 discovery of a Neanderthal hyoid that looks just like a modern human's.

But that changed with the discovery of a Neanderthal hyoid bone in 1989.

Not exact matches

He said that the current study brought more weight to the conclusions that Neanderthals had very similar hyoid bones to us, «not only in form but also in what concerns their mechanical properties».

An analysis of a Neanderthal's fossilised hyoid bone - a horseshoe - shaped structure in the neck - suggests the species had the ability to speak.

PLOS ONE Micro-Biomechanics of the Kebara 2 Hyoid and Its Implications for Speech in Neanderthals

Much older hyoid fossils have also recently been discovered, attributed to the human and Neanderthal relative Homo heidelbergensis.