Neanderthals could speak like modern humans, study suggests

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

This has been suspected since the 1989 discovery of a Neanderthal hyoid that looks just like a modern human's…READ MORE AT…http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25465102