Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Simon Greenhill

It’s a good thing they died out then, eh?

Category: anthropology, human prehistory, language, neanderthals

Ahh stupid and parochial science reporting:

Neanderthals have spoken out for the first time in 30,000 years, with the help of scientists who have simulated their voices using fossil evidence and a computer synthesiser.

And they may have sounded a bit like New Zealanders.

For something less stink, see Kambiz’s piece at Anthropology.net

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