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A Neanderthal Story

A Neanderthal Story

Or, transliterated.

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Stephen Palmer
Nov 10, 2023
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Below is an extract from my unpublished Neanderthal near-future SF novel ‘Uncanny,’ in which I try to transliterate non-compositional Neanderthal speech. What do you think it describes?

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Cold white

Dark cold

Red warm

Hands

Birds sing above

Fire hot meat crackle

Meat smell

Belly gnaw

Eat

Happy

Sleep fire warm

Sister snore twitch

Life eyes watch ears hear

Wake

Noise fear

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