See: A Homo Erectus Hyoid Bone: Possible Implications for the Origin of the Human Capability for Speech
Structure suggests that, "some similarities to non-humans and pre-human genera, suggesting that the morphological basis for human speech didn't arise in Homo erectus."
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See: A Homo Erectus Hyoid Bone: Possible Implications for the Origin of the Human Capability for Speech
Structure suggests that, "some similarities to non-humans and pre-human genera, suggesting that the morphological basis for human speech didn't arise in Homo erectus."