Little Girl, 3 Million Years Old, Offers New Hints on Evolution - New York Times

about Lucy's "daughter"--

"The presence of a hyoid bone was a surprise. It is a rarely preserved bone in the larynx, or voice box, that supports muscles of the throat and tongue. The bone in the infant appeared to be primitive and more similar to those found in apes than in humans, the scientists said, but is the first hyoid found in such an early human-related species and thus important in research about the origins of human speech."

Now, I wonder what this does to evolutionary linguistics.

posted by Sarah @ 7:56 PM