A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity

by Gary Tomlinson

Book Overview

A new narrative for the emergence of human music, drawing from archaeology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary theory.

What is the origin of music? In the last few decades this centuries-old puzzle has been reinvigorated by new archaeological evidence and developments in the fields of cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary theory. In this path-breaking book, renowned musicologist Gary Tomlinson draws from these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890951528
• ISBN13: 9781890951528
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher