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Description of  The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'

1635576245 azw3 "Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music." Daniel Levitin A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years ago was the first melody. 40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument. Today music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to this music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet music is an overlooked part of our origin story. Read more