Re: evolution and the harp

[Linda Delong <delongj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

MatCoward@xxxxxxx wrote:

> There was a drama-documentary on British TV this weekend about Charles
> Darwin, in which I learned that the "mouth organ" played a small but crucial
> part in the great man's work; he played a harp to human babies, apes and
> earthworms, to compare their responses. I'm sure some of the giggers on this
> list have had similar audiences ... but does anyone know whether this is our
> instrument's sole claim to scientific immortality?
> - Mat C <A

  Not exactly a harmonica but I watched an episode of " Nature" on PBS last
night that stated that one of the very earliest true musical instruments found
by archeologists was a hollow turkey buzzard bone with holes drilled in it.They
went on to say that this instrument was not played like a flute or panpipe but
with a REED inserted in the end.They estimated the age of these finds to be 35 -
50,000 years old! Caveman Blues anyone?
Peace,
                                                Jeff