Did Music Evolve Before Language?

Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 16:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Did music evolve before language?  It's not a trivial idea and there has been debate about it since literally the days of Darwin - Sir Charles himself proposed the notion in "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex" that a 'musical protolanguage' model could mean that music came before language. read more

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