Since I am a physical anthropology concentration, I’m planning to do my research on the Neanderthal speech gene. This research will most likely be a literature review, if possible I hope there are ways for me to do field work on this topic. Since Neanderthal were the last common ancestors of Homo sapiens, they have a lot more in common than the other species they diverged from. Modern humans are probably the only animal that uses language to communicate with each other, but the question that lies within is, did our ancestor “The Neanderthal” have this advantage? If they were to speak, how complex was it? Are there any proofs that they were able to speak? One way we can conclude whether or not they were able to speak is to compare the anatomy
