Current views on Neanderthal speech capabilities: A reply to Boe et al. (2002)

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 552-563

  Lieberman, Philip ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36448942522     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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