After 30000 years Neanderthal man speaks

It has been over 30,000 year since he walked the earth, but scientists believed they have now revealed what Neanderthal man sounded like.

A team from Florida Atlantic University say after reconstructing vocal tracts from 50,000 year old fossils they were able to use a computer to reproduce his voice.

The result is this sound (click here) While it is only a single syllable this is thought to be how Neanderthals would have communicated because they lacked the "quantal vowels" modern humans use.