How about them Neanderthals, eh? Great leaps in science have meant that we know what the Neanderthals sounded like when they talk. And the amazing thing is, they sound like us kiwis!
Wow! That's just astounding! Considering it's not like we have full bodies from back then, just bones, impressions on rock, maybe some tool remnants... and from that, we've got a voice box and the actual voice sounds a Neanderthal made. (Gareth Roberts, eat yer heart out!)
But wait... just one small moment... what exactly does a Neanderthal sound like? As usual, Stuff fails to link to anywhere useful, but a quick net search finds... this article, which contains a link to a wave file with the speech.
Eh? ... that's it? One small blip of a sound, that doesn't even register in WinAmp as a second? And from this, we get "sounds like a New Zealander"? WTF? That's one hell of a comparison... one might think a step too far...
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Friday, 18 April 2008
Neanderthals, eh, bro?
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Stuff is, without doubt, the WORST website when it comes to news, and that's saying alot when it comes to the NZ media. Not only don't they link anywhere (they obviously don't "get" the internet), but they don't give you vital information either.
For example, earlier this week they had a story about a mobile phone being "revealed". Think they had the common decency to include a photo? No! If I wanted to actually see this thing that's been "revealed", I had to go looking myself.
Urgh, it's almost rage inducing.
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