TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 26 -- Florida State University issued the following news release:
How did humans become musical creatures? Can the sciences and humanities help us understand the origins of music? Those questions guided a guest lecture from the Florida State University Humanities Center on Thursday, Oct. 22, held as part of FSU Discovery Days, the university's annual celebration of research, creativity and innovation.
Gary Tomlinson, Sterling Professor of Music and the Humanities and director of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University, delivered the lecture, "Evolutionary Humanities and the Hard Problem of Music," to students, faculty and local community members in the Beth Moor Lounge.
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