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The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth - A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
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"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 ha...
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