Micro-Biomechanics of the Kebara 2 Hyoid and Its Implications for Speech in Neanderthals

• Ruggero D’Anastasio,

  Affiliation University Museum – State University “G. d’Annunzio”, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, Chieti, Italy

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• Stephen Wroe ,

  * E-mail: swroe@une.edu.au

  Affiliation Computational Biomechanics Research Group, Zoology, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia

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• Claudio Tuniz,

  Affiliations Multidisciplinary Laboratory, The “Abdus Salam” International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, Trieste, Italy, Centre for Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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• Lucia Mancini,

  Affiliation Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

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• Deneb T. Cesana,

  Affiliation University Museum – State University “G. d’Annunzio”, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, Chieti, Italy

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• Diego Dreossi,

  Affiliation Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

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• Mayoorendra Ravichandiran,

  Affiliation Division of Anatomy, University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Marie Attard,

  Affiliation Computational Biomechanics Research Group, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

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• William C. H. Parr,

  Affiliation Computational Biomechanics Research Group, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

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• Anne Agur,

  Affiliation Division of Anatomy, University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Luigi Capasso

  Affiliation University Museum – State University “G. d’Annunzio”, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, Chieti, Italy

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