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35,000 years ago
- Making music is a universal human trait that goes back to at least 35,000 years ago.
humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/art-music
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Historically, religions have often been catalysts for music. The Vedas of Hinduism immensely influenced Indian classical music, and the Five Classics of Confucianism laid the basis for subsequent Chinese music.
By studying fossils, we can establish that once our ancestors had the horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone in the throat in a similar position to modern humans, they would have had the physical ability to sing as we can. That date is over 530,000 years ago. Read more:
Aug 21, 2023 · Music, a universal language that transcends borders and cultures, has been an integral part of human life since the dawn of civilization. It has the power to evoke emotions, tell stories, and bring people together like no other form of expression.
Music is strongly linked to motivation and to human social contact. Only a portion of people may play music, but all can, and do, at least sing or hum a tune. Music is like breathing—all pervasive. Music is a core human experience and a generative process that reflects cognitive capabilities.
Feb 12, 2019 · While cultural evolution will never explain all aspects of music, it offers a useful theoretical framework for understanding diversity and change in the world’s music.
- Patrick E. Savage
- psavage@sfc.keio.ac.jp
- 2019
Jun 19, 2017 · We discuss the stages of hominid anatomy that permit music to be perceived and created, with the likelihood of both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens both being capable. The earlier hominid ability to emit sounds of variable pitch with some meaning shows that music at its simplest level must have predated speech.
Feb 14, 2018 · The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman worlds are often seen as the beginning of “Western civilisation” and it is clear that music was a key ingredient in the lives of the people inhabiting those worlds. Humans construct their civilisations, one way or another. And it appears their worlds have long been musical ones.
