Name ________________________________ Anthropology, Unit 4 Video The Music Instinct: Science & Song Answer the following questions while viewing the video. 1. We think we just hear music, but music actually stimulates our ___________________________. 2. The biggest question is not only how music evolved, but _________? 3. The part of the human brain that music goes to is related to deep _______________________. 4. The fetus hears music at 17 to 19 _______________. 5. All sound comes from _____________________ in air. 6. How can a deaf person appreciate music?

7. Every object has a natural set of frequencies at which it wants to ______________________. 8. Music centers spread out all over the _______________. 9. Hospitals use music to steady the breathing of premature _______________ & the ____________ of cardiac patients. 10. Music often echoes the rhythm of the human ____________________. 11. Our bodies give an unconscious, emotional response to different types of ______________. 12. If music is one of the most distinctive characteristics of humans, anthropologists should be studying fewer fossils & artifacts & more about music to understand human ________________. 13. What instrument is the first known complex instrument to be discovered? 14. How would living in caves enhance this early instrument? 15. Yo-Yo Ma speaks about starting with sound and combining it with something, trying to elicit in someone else’s imagination different ___________________. 16. The ________________ is the biological organ of culture. It is a sponge for cultural information. 17. Is there a Musical Universal? The ___________________ is close, but we must be careful when saying this. 18. Children’s ____________________ from various cultures have similar falling pitch contours, they’re quiet, with narrow pitch ranges, and are extremely repetitive.