Neandertal remains from Spain had a version of a gene known as FOXP2 that is identical to one in humans that is involved with the development of speech and language.

• 不过在去年11月，帕波和他的团队曾提出两个人科物种的一项相似处：于西班牙出土的尼安德塔人有一个基因叫FOXP2，与人类掌管说话和语言发展的基因型式完全相同。