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Why did humans invent music?

Article by Marc Silver (National geographic)

I liked this article because despite what the tittle makes you think, which is that they are actually going to tell you why humans invented music, they don’t, and it’s the first thing they point out.

Instead, they give theories of why it is that humans listen to music. The part where they say that music was invented to belong to a certain group I find completely true. Like the example they mentioned, when you go to a concert of your favorite band, you find the people that go there friendly, affable, you immediately like them just because they like the same music and that creates a certain feel of belonging.

I recommend this article because it’s informative, but also not very long and it’s not written in a pontificate way, but a simple way.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130824-invention-music-phish-stevie-wonder-blurred-lines-robin-thicke/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ng%2FNews%2FNews_Main+%28National+Geographic+News+-+Main%29