What Did Neandertals Sound Like?

[lisab]

Neandertal voice reconstructed:


http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/16/neanderthal.sound/index.html

Hearing the voice confirms that, in fact, one of my coworkers is a Neandertal.

(Isn't it spelled Neandertal, not Neanderthal ?)

 

[Andre]

Yes, "tal" = valley in German.

 

[hypatia]

Sense vocal chords are soft tissue, we have no way of knowing what kinds of sounds Neanderthals made.