From neanderthals to robots: the history of human speech
The Queen’s annual Christmas speech provides an opportunity to trace the evolution of a voice: hers has dropped one semitone each decade.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
The Queen’s annual Christmas speech provides an opportunity to trace the evolution of a voice: hers has dropped one semitone each decade.
By Adrian Woolfson