Language is what makes us human, but since words don’t fossilize, their origin is a profound scientific puzzle. Researchers are piecing together clues from diverse fields—examining 80,000-year-old symbolic artifacts, the anatomy of Neanderthal ears, fossilized brain impressions, and our genetic code—to reconstruct the timeline of when, and how, our ancestors first developed the gift of speech.
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