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Homo Sapiens Versus Neanderthals

Explore the origins of modern humans. Fossil evidence from Middle East caves and elsewhere has revealed some competitive advantages modern humans, known as Homo sapiens, are believed to have held over the more archaic human species, Neanderthals. For example, during the time in which the two species

Why we are able to speak

Neanderthals already possessed the FoxP2 language gene, which is responsible for language development in modern humans. So were cavemen as articulate as Homo sapiens? Author: ZDF/Terra X/Film Produktion Stein e.k./Alexander Hogh/Martin Papirowski/Timm Westen, Roxana Ardelean/Golem Studio/Guido Leu