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Stone Age Ear for Speech: Ancient finds sound off on roots of language

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Using digital enhancements of skull fragments from five prehistoric individuals dating to more than 350,000 years ago, anthropologists argue that these human ancestors probably had hearing similar to that of people today.

I HEAR YOU. Color images show reconstructions of ears in three Stone Age specimens from a Spanish site.