Neanderthal Language

John Hawks commenting on this account of a talk by Francesco D'Errico:

Given the confluence of the recent evidence from genetics, archaeology, and anatomy, I do not see how anyone can maintain the hypothesis that Neandertals (and presumably, other Late Pleistocene humans) did not have language.

Update on Sun 2008-03-16 by Tristram Brelstaff

There is a very good interview with John Hawks here which provides a nice introduction to his work on the evolution of the human genome.