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Question 5

What communication deficit may have been responsible for the disappearance of Neanderthals from the fossil record?

Reference: Miller, G. (1981). Language and speech. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company.

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Their potential to produce a rich language was reduced by limitations inherent in their skeletal structure (short necks and small immobile throats).
Because they were afraid to self-disclose, they were not able to form lasting, meaningful relationships.
Because they were largely illiterate, they were unable to file their income-tax statements and were eventually reduced by government harassment.
Seized by feelings of inferiority, their characteristic ineffectiveness in public speaking situations led to their gradual extinction