Sunday, July 05, 2009

Attenborough Talks Singing and Sex

In the most recent installment of BBC's series of podcasts by David Attenborough, he talks about something we don't often associate with naturalism. Singing.

The evolutionary roots of singing run deep in humans, something we share with other members of the animal kingdom, like birds and another great ape, the Gibbon.

Oh and big surprise, it's all about sex.

Click here to check out the musical goodness.

2 comments:

Lady-in-Gray said...

Who knew....? (giggle, giggle)

Greybishop said...

I knew a bit about the bird singing/plumage trade off, but the stuff about the Gibbon was really quite stunning.