In the Singing Neanderthals Steven Mithen redresses the balance, drawing on a range of sources, from neurological case studies, through child psychology and th... » 

In the Singing Neanderthals Steven Mithen redresses the balance, drawing on a range of sources, from neurological case studies, through child psychology and the communication systems of non-human primates to the latest paleoarchaeological evidence. The result is a fascinating and provocative work-a scuccint riposte to those who have dismissed music as a functionless and unimportant evolutionary by-product. «