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Vol 1 Ep 6 - Prehistoric speech and language

History of the World podcast

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Homo Habelis and the Evolution of Homining

Homo habelis would have undoubtedly had much more controlled way of communicating, and probably more complex than the australapithesines. It was very likely not until homoirectus was coming towards the end of its tenure, around half a million years ago, that the vocal ability of homining started to become more like modern human. Next time we are going to go back to the chronological story and meet the neandertos in an episode which i have been very much looking forward to.

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