A 40,000-year-old flute, the world as sound, and a central London church's devotion to transformative music
Have you come across archaeologist Steven Mithen's 'singing neanderthals' hypothesis? Here's an ancient blog post I wrote about it (not quite 40,000 years ancient, but almost, in blog years): http://alchemi.co.uk/archives/cul/why_birds_and_n.html
So beautifully heard, and written!
Have you come across archaeologist Steven Mithen's 'singing neanderthals' hypothesis? Here's an ancient blog post I wrote about it (not quite 40,000 years ancient, but almost, in blog years): http://alchemi.co.uk/archives/cul/why_birds_and_n.html
So beautifully heard, and written!