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→There is no evidence to suggest that Neanderthals could not speak like modern humans.
: I suggest that you propose here a better wording, but one that doesn't assume the evolutionary myth, and it can be added to the article if it's reasonable.
: I suggest that you propose here a better wording, but one that doesn't assume the evolutionary myth, and it can be added to the article if it's reasonable.
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 01:38, 20 March 2009 (EDT)
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 01:38, 20 March 2009 (EDT)
Philip, thanks for removing the reference tags. I'm still in my first 24 hours of editing a wiki, so I have a few things to learn about formatting.
:The paper I referenced was replying to two papers by Boe ''et al.'' (1999, 2002) which went against the prevailing theory in the paleoanthropological community regarding Neandertal speech. This Lieberman (2007) paper refutes Boe ''et al.'' (1999, 2002) analysis of speech capabilities quite handily in my view, nullifying much of the professional arguments for Neandertals having fully modern human speech capabilities. However, I'm willing to admit that there are some paleoanthropologists that still maintain that Neandertals had fully modern speech, or at least the physical tools necessary for producing it. However, the claim that "There is no evidence to suggest that Neanderthals could not speak like modern humans" certainly isn't true. I'll work on rewording the statement in question to reflect both sides of the professional debate, and I'll post my proposal here later. [[User:PeterAS|PeterAS]] 09:59, 20 March 2009 (EDT)
== Still trying.... ==
== Still trying.... ==