1:30'  French France

Wherever there are human beings, there is music. Naturalist Charles Darwin thought of our ability to produce sounds and create melodies as a mystery. How did music contribute to human survival? Why and for whom did humans develop this musical sense? Scientific and archaeological researchers invite us on a surprising journey into the past in search of the first [...]

Wherever there are human beings, there is music. Naturalist Charles Darwin thought of our ability to produce sounds and create melodies as a mystery. How did music contribute to human survival? Why and for whom did humans develop this musical sense? Scientific and archaeological researchers invite us on a surprising journey into the past in search of the first musicians in history. Long before it became art and entertainment, music was a weapon, an ally of war and power, and a sacred language for communicating with the gods that, at the dawn of humanity, surely formed the soundtrack of ancient rites. By restoring the voice of ancient instruments, deciphering ancient compositions, and exploring the resonance of Palaeolithic caves and the intriguing sonority of stones and stalactites, archaeologists, researchers and musicologists reveal to us the echoes of the past and reproduce the first notes of humanity that resonate with the extraordinary music of our early ancestors.

Category:  Documentary 

Genre:  Art