Steven Mithen

Professor of Early Prehistory, University of Reading, UK

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Steven Mithen is professor of early prehistory at the University of Reading and the author of more than 200 academic articles and books, including After the Ice (2006) and The Singing Neanderthals (2007). His latest book is The Language Puzzle (2024). He lives in Reading, England.

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Photo of two people observing a museum display of a Indigenous head with feathers and fur in a glass case.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

This is what a Neanderthal conversation would have sounded like

Neanderthals had language, but it differed from ours in an important way that could help explain our superior art and tech

by Steven Mithen