[sheik yerbouty]

Yes, but their voice box is quite high in the throat, possibly an Ice Age adaptation. Speech would be somewhat less articulate..

[blam]

"Yes, but their voice box is quite high in the throat, possibly an Ice Age adaptation. Speech would be somewhat less articulate."

Neanderthals Sang At High Pitch

[mudblood]

"their voice box is quite high in the throat"

And they also had a flat palate, unlike our own rounded ones, which would have limited their range of words somewhat. Some folks say they talked like children, if they talked at all.