Singing as prerequisite (or aid) to language.

From: "Anthony Cerrato" <tcerrato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:48:13 -0400 (EDT)

A few weeks ago I saw a David Attenborough documentary (not
sure now if it was PBS, Discovery, or Nat. Geographic
channels) on song in certain animals, namely baboons, and I
think [?]woodpeckers, whales, and sumptin' else [I came in
towards the end so I missed a lot.] Attenborough stated that
he thought the development/practice of songs may well have
been an early precursor to development of language in homo
sap., maybe going back as far as 50-70 kyrs in proto-humans.
It seemed a very pleasing hypothesis to me, but I wonder if
anyone knows how much credibility is given to this idea by
the other experts in the field, and if there is any real
reasonable scientific evidence for it
Any info or opinions? ...tonyC

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