Grooved Whale

The whys and wherefores of our present form continue to be revealed in this article on the  short legs of our ancestors. I can only wonder how our sense of balance must have been challenged as we left the tree canopy and began foraging on the ground. Did our sense of rhythm change?

I love this line in this article:

“We don’t really know how aggressive australopiths were,” Carrier says. “If they were more aggressive than modern humans, they were exceptionally nasty animals.”

The mystery of how we evolved fascinates me, especially since we carry so many vestigial features within our present day bodies. I’m glad we let go the hairy female chest but perhaps we aren’t really all that different from Ardipithecus?

Interesting article on Transcendental Meditation and how this form of meditation involving  ‘repetitions of a single sound or mantra’ helps reduce the risk of heart attacks.  The comments on the article are worth a read as well.

I’m playing my favourite summer festival, Shambhala, Sunday August 9th. I’ll be in the Labyrinth from 2-3:30 releasing the sounds of the whales into the forest.

Very cool!

http://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/artist_profile.php?i=523