Friday, July 04, 2008

Cave Men Loved to Sing

Another wacky theory about cave painting, because the more you read, the more you realize the "experts" don't have a clue on the subject.

Ancient hunters painted the sections of their cave dwellings where singing, humming and music sounded best, a new study suggests.

Analyzing the famous, ochre-splashed cave walls of France, the most densely painted areas were also those with the best acoustics, the scientists found. Humming into some bends in the wall even produced sounds mimicking the animals painted there.


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