Humans' love for music is not new, and it has been a constant companion from time immemorial. It may have begun without any musical instruments, but ...

Scientists have observed chimpanzees drumming and noted patterns matching the structure of their vocalizations, creating an ...

The evolution of music is an elusive yet tantalising subject as, unlike skeletons, sounds don’t leave fossilised remains. The oldest known musical instrument is a 40,000-year-old flute made from bird ...

In February 2023, a resident at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior—EHUB—treated ...