—In Search of the Neanderthals by Christopher Stringer and Clive Gamble, p. 217 “Many anthropologists came to believe that Neandertals could have spoken any modern human language, whatever their accent may have been.” —The Neandertals: Of Skeletons, Scientists, and Scandal by Erik Trinkaus and Pat Shipman, p. 391 Enga Dancing Flower saw that everyone was stopping. Just as she was about to exhort them to put more effort into the dance, she received the thought-pictures that Jeek and Gunda were sending to everyone. Hama herself let out a screech. Her grin was almost as wide as her face. Bahg Swiftfeet and Teek Bearclaw, do you have strength to run? To see what the young ones have seen? It seemed everyone was renewed by the thought that they would be able to get to the other side of the river, at last. The two males nodded. They checked with Jeek and Gunda for more information on their location and took off for the woods that bordered the water. Enga collapsed onto the ground. Her sobs were quiet, but her birth-sister, Ung Strong Arm, always tuned in to her emotions, came and squatted beside her.
