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Human remains go back in Africa 300,000 years and they're suggesting the oldest song is around 3,400 years old? Did I miss something? Are they suggesting the f
by spodek 8y ago
Human remains go back in Africa 300,000 years and they're suggesting the oldest song is around 3,400 years old?
Did I miss something? Are they suggesting the first song was also written? ... that there weren't songs before they started writing them?
I think they mean the oldest musical notation.
- GuiA 8y agoThe title is terrible, and was probably changed by a clueless editor at BBC. If you read the actual article though, 2 paragraphs in: ”Inscribed on it were lyrics, and underneath them is what researchers believe is the earliest example of musical notation anywhere in the world.”