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🔬 Science
April 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Did Neanderthals Have Language? New Research Suggests They Had the Genetic Hardware For It, Like Humans
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
New research suggests Neanderthals possessed the genetic foundation for language, evolving hundreds of thousands of years ago before diverging from humans.
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