Stone Age Caves May Have Been Concert Halls

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According to a new study of paleolithic caves in France, cavemen may have chosen particular caves because of the acoustics:

"In at least ten locations, drawings of horses, bison, and mammoths seem to match locations that focus, amplify, and transform the sounds of human voices and musical instruments.

"In the cave of Niaux in Ariège, most of the remarkable paintings are situated in the resonant Salon Noir, which sounds like a Romanesque chapel," said Iegor Reznikoff, an acoustics expert at the University of Paris who conducted the research."

Read more at the The National Geographic