SAD SONGS SAY SO MUCH
But scientists say otherwise.
We don’t know exactly when people first started making music, but we do know we’ve been going at it for a very long time. Some archaeologists think the sounds that would eventually and regrettably become “Nookie” emerged in a sort of order: singing first, followed by clapping, and then foot stomping. Around 60,000 years ago, someone even realized they were more of a bone-flute kinda guy (literally flutes made from animal bones). Because humans were self-aware before making music, and we’re famously judgy, I’m sure people had opinions about this. Oh, he likes the bone flute? What an asshole. Meanwhile, the sensitive types may have bonded with other arty cave people over their love of hitting two rocks together.
We are not the only animal to get emotional over music— studies have shown that music elicits different emotional responses in pigs, depending on the tune. But of all God’s creatures, we are the only ones to ask: What does my favorite genre of music say about me?
