How Music Can Support Brain Regeneration & Healing By Ali Le Vere, B.S., B.S., GreenMedInfo
Music, which may be the most ancient hu- man language, has the potential to im- prove neurodegenerative and neuropsy- chiatric disorders by creating new brain cells and neural connectivity. Not only that, but music restores hormonal and immunological balance in a way mirroring adaptogenic herbs.
The Evolution of Music
usic, the universal language, has been woven into the fabric of human culture since time im- memorial. Rather than being a modern human invention, the creation of musical harmonies, using the voice as an instru-
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ment, and moving to rhythms may
have long been crystallized as part of the human condition. A historical facet of the human condition, research implicates music in the cementing of social bonds, the establishment of monogamy, and as a primitive mode of communication. In fact, by forging social communion and engen-
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dering a sense of group identity, music may have been foundational to the emergence of large-scale pre-human civilizations. When Homo sapiens arrived in Eu- rope forty thousand years ago, they drove the Neanderthals, one of our hominid cousins, to extinction. Archeological evi- dence demonstrates that the arrival of Homo sapiens coincided with the time to which elaborate art adorning caves found in southeastern France and northern Italy has been dated, as well as other artistic expressions such as carved figurines, sym- bolic artifacts, and sophisticated bone and ivory musical instruments. While some researchers argue that music may have contributed to the social cohesion that led Homo sapiens to dominate over our Ne- anderthal cousins, there are many flaws in this logic, as Neanderthal instruments may have been made from perishable objects which were not subject to preservation. However, archaeologists have sur- mised that a more primitive human rela- tive, Homo heidelbergensis, as well as Neanderthals, had access to at least one instrument at their disposal: the human voice. Their fossils contain a bone known as the hyoid at an anatomical position
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