Since the world is world, the ancestors of man and all mammals produce sounds by means of vocal cords located in the neck.
The use of these strings to produce sounds has had the same purpose from the beginning: the modification of the surrounding soundscape with new sounds either to communicate or imitate other sounds.
The man, before his brain evolution was losing physical advantages for what was becoming increasingly fragile to the environment. The evolution of the brain led to face the environment from another point of view. It differs from other predators that have speed and strength to pursue and hunt a prey that serves as food, man has no speed and was losing muscle strength but was acquiring superior mental abilities that allowed him to conserve the species and improve their techniques. hunting. One was imitating the sounds of other animals to deceive and attract them because they lacked the speed to reach them in a cross-country race.
Also, that imitation served to intimidate by deceiving other predators that were endangering their survival.
The use of the voice as a means to get food and defend itself was paramount for evolution, if we had not had this exchange of mental skills for physical we would have remained only apes and our evolution would have stalled.
Sound as a means to progress was very important in the early stages for our evolutionary development and its subsequent improvement led to more complex life forms and groupings of individuals with hierarchical strata within the group. This will be the next topic to be discussed.
About the Author:
My name is Gabriel Beguerie, I'm a Music Teacher and Piano Teacher in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Currently I work at the Luis Gianneo Provincial Conservatory and the Art No. 1 High School.
Passionate about History in general and the History of Music in particular.
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