How did Neanderthals and homo sapiens communicate?

Did they throw rocks and spears at each other? Yell and posture at each other? Did they trade furs for meat, or maybe a nicely crafted flint blade? Did a neanderthal daughter join a sapien family/group as a breeding mate? Or maybe a wandering sapien male joined a neander family group? read more

This “communication” ultimately lead to the extinction of Neanderthals and the total domination of homo sapiens sapiens. There’s also not a single piece of hard evidence for mating between those species, everything known can be explained by common ancestor models better than through some ominous mating. read more

The great leap forward occurred between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago in the lush fields of the African savannah. The Neanderthals might have made that leap before we did. If we are unlocking the secrets of their hyoid bone correctly, Neanderthal anatomy developed for speech before Homo sapiens did. read more

However, part of this is not just mechanical, but mental, and there is a gene we know is involved, at least in Homo Sapien Sapien (modern humans). Neanderthals also had the FoxP gene which is related to speech. The new evidence stems from analysis of a gene called FOXP2 which is associated with language. read more