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Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:14 PM

Talking Cavemen?

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Posted By: FatBear (October 18, 2007 at 11:51 PM)

We aren't really as special as the author seems to think.  Anyone who pays attention knows that many animal species use language.  It is only the complexity of it that separates us from the others.

(BTW, I agree that we seem to have a Neanderthal for president, but I'm not so sure he proves that his species can actually communicate.)

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Posted By: squeezyr (October 18, 2007 at 10:16 PM)

Why of course Neanderthals can talk we have George Bush (et al) to prove that point.

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