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The Singing Neanderthals The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body

Steven Mithen

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience--and, of course, musicology--to explain why we are so compelled to make and hear mu...

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This book was mentioned in the context of a theory where some sort of proto-language was music, suggesting humans were musicians before they could talk.

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and Stephen Mithan has written a wonderful book called The Singing Neanderthals where he posits that some sort of proto-language was music.

— Episode: Is Music the Language of the Universe? w...

Episode: Is Music the Language of the Universe? with Daniel...

This book was mentioned in the context of a theory where some sort of proto-language was music, suggesting humans were musicians before they could talk.

"

and Stephen Mithan has written a wonderful book called The Singing Neanderthals where he posits that some sort of proto-language was music.

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