Music

Music—including vocals (which in turn include words), melody, rhythm, repetition, redundancy, variation, and variants for children—is found in all or nearly all cultures. Music is always seen as an art, a creation. The oldest known constructed musical instrument is a flute made from a vulture bone and dated approximately 35,000 BP. It was found in a cave in southern Germany in 2008.  Various flutes or flute fragments have been found in Neanderthal sites. The origins of music are unknown. There are a variety of hypotheses for how it evolved.  Some aspects of music are found in other species. A parrot in captivity has demonstrated a clear sense of rhythm, but it is rare or absent the living species more closely related to humans.