Comparative morphology of the Hominin and African ape hyoid bone, a possible marker of the evolution of speech

Human Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 639-672

  Steele, James ^a   Clegg, Margaret ^b   Martelli, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sac; Dikika; Hyoid; Language origins; Neanderthal; Vocal tract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR SAC; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GORILLA; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNX; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR SACS; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; LARYNX; MALE; NEANDERTHALS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPEECH;

EID: 84995363399     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.085.0501     Document Type: Article

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