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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "rdfuerle" <rdfuerle@...> wrote:
>
> I am working on a book on human evolution. Humans and Neanderthals
> co-existed in Europe from about 46,000 to 24,500 years ago.
> Neanderthals had a hyoid bone and are believed to have had a language.
> Thus, there is a possibility that some Neanderthal words entered the
> Indo-European language. Does anyone know of any words that might be
> candidates?
>
You may want to consult the work of Steven Pinker and Steven Methen
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and
Body (Hardcover)
by Steven Mithen (Author)
# Hardcover: 384 pages
# Publisher: Harvard University Press (March 31, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0674021924
# ISBN-13: 978-0674021921
After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC (Paperback)
by Steven Mithen (Author)
# Paperback: 664 pages
# Publisher: Harvard University Press (April 30, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0674019997
# ISBN-13: 978-0674019997
M. Kelkar