A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets'Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read'All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here'Evening Standard 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years ago came the first melody. 40 thousand years ago _Homo sapiens_created the first musical instrument. Today music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet it is an overlooked part of our origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages - from Bach to BTS and back - to explore the vibrant relationship between