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Leading neuroscientist and acclaimed author Mark Changizi debunks this myth and uncovers the origins of speech and music—cultural evolution and his theory of nature-harnessing—in his new book, Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man (BenBella Books, August 2011). A theory Changizi applies to reading and writing in his book The Vision Revolution (BenBella Books, 2009), nature-harnessing suggests that by mimicking nature, ancient brain mechanisms can be shaped for new purposes. Harnessed illustrates how this infusion of nature in humans’ cultural evolution has designed language and music, abilities that set us apart from early, more ape-like hominids, to literally sound like nature. Harnessed displays how basic sounds occurring in nature — hits, slides and rings — strongly connect to the three primary phonemes in human languages—plosives, fricatives and sonorants. “Nature’s hits, slides and rings were instilled in our auditory systems over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, and culture ultimately shaped language to sound like physics,” says Changizi, whose work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Wired. Similar to nature’s influence on language, Harnessed explains, music mirrors human movement and parallels the four auditory cues for human movement—loudness, pitch, tempo and rhythm—to the fundamental ingredients of music. Changizi supports his theory by explaining music’s impact on our brain, emotion and movement and offers an extensive justification for why music is organized the way it is. (See the following page for explanations of each of these phenomena.) Written in Changizi’s personable, anecdotal style with helpful chapter summaries, Harnessed appeals to both the science enthusiast and the scientifically challenged reader, unveiling how by mimicking natural events, cultural evolution molded our languages and music to fit our brains. ### Subscribe to our FREE Ezine and receive current Health News, be eligible for discounted products/services and coupons related to your Health. We publish 24/7. www.HealthNewsDigest.com For advertising/promotion, email: tvmike13@healthnewsdigest.com Or call toll free: 877- 634-9180 Top of Page 
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