![]() ![]() ![]() The possibilities of anthropoid motor impulse suggest that rhythm may have preceded melody, though full control of rhythm may well not have come any earlier than the perception of music above. The earlier hominid ability to emit sounds of variable pitch with some meaning shows that music at its simplest level must have predated speech. We discuss the stages of hominid anatomy that permit music to be perceived and created, with the likelihood of both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens both being capable. Music must first be defined and distinguished from speech, and from animal and bird cries. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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