homo erectus

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Homo erectus : Examining the Fossil Record

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Examining the Fossil Record

Science Service , Inc (2006 . Evolutionary back story : thoroughly modern spine supported human ancestor ' HYPERLINK "http /www .thefreelibrary .com /Evolutionary back story thoroughly moder n spine supported human .-a34 http /www .thefreelibrary .com /Evolutionary back story thoroughly modern spine supported human .-a34

Although it 's impossible to confirm that our prehistoric ancestors talked , Meyer notes , H . erectus at Dmanisi faced no respiratory

limitations on speech

Anoka-Ramsey Community College (2008 . Chapter 9 : Homo erectus HYPERLINK "http /www .ar .cc .mn .us /shepherd /Physical 20Anthropology /2202Fall05 /CHAP TER9-web .htm http /www .ar .cc .mn .us /shepherd /Physical 20Anthropology /2202Fall05 /CHAPT ER9-web .htm

Homo erectus .lacked speech capability

What fossil evidence does the first site represent ? The fossils , they observed , has the appropriate structural support for the muscles needed for repiration . This muscles aid in the formation of speech and eventually language

What fossil evidence does the second site represent ? Other scientists and archaeologists has observed not onlt the bone structure of the fossils found , but also the areas of the brain in direct connection with language formation . Two more reasons include the length of the pharynx which affects speech , and the spinal nerve canal , which provides support to nerves needed for breath control

Only one of these ideas are well-supported , and that is with the second site , which argues that the Homo erectus species cannot speak . It has...