The language of Neanderthals could not have been too sophisticated. It resembled more what chimpanzees have been able to accomplish since the muscles allowing for speech (attaching the jaw to the temple area) were not placed in the same position as modern homosapiens. However, that does not mean Neanderthals did not have a communication system set up.
But, what good does language do if its generators use speech to destroy instead of advance a good cause. So, it causes me to pause on the Son of Man's words, "By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." It's not a statement about sophistication of communication. It's a statement about the use of speech. Since it is a gift to homosapiens, its use should be prized. No other creature in the animal kingdom can be justified or condemned by its use of words.
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