Wednesday 7 March 2012

What came first music or language?


Which came first the hummingbird or the talking egg? Music or language? For answers to the questions of prehistory we have to look to the assertions of scientists. Charles Darwin was a scientist.

In his book "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex" Darwin argued that there existed a 'musical protolanguage' model that existed before the use of ordered vocal patterns to convey meaningful instruction.

Hello can you understand my ordered vocal pattern?