“It has also been recognized that language emerged in close association with music (1, 46–48), and it is likely that any underlying common neural substrate would have propagated through primate evolution. Although monkeys have neither language nor musical abilities (49, 50), they communicate by using vocalizations, and their drumming behavior may well be homologous to that used by humans in the context of instrumental music (1). Hence primate drumming might represent a precursor of musical abilities in humans, a notion that is also underscored by the ubiquity of drumming across human cultures (51) and its innate nature (52, 53). Our finding of overlapping brain networks involved in the processing of vocalizations and drumming sounds can hence be interpreted as revealing functional mechanisms to support the theory that vocal communication and drumming may have coevolved into the human faculties of language and music.”
However the Great Spotted Woodpecker has been taking lessons from monkeys it appears or maybe the monkey drummers have been hiring out as teachers.
“Great Spotted Woodpecker is noted for his loud drumming. In early spring, the forests are filled with the sound of his drumming on trees. He is calling for a mate. The longer and more intense the drum, the more interested a female Great Spotted Woodpecker will be. A particular tree branch is chosen for a drumming post. Perched there, He rains blows on the branch, making the drumming audible great distances.
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
funkman.org/animal/bird/greatspottedwoodpecker.html”
And I thought the girls loved guitar players!
There is also the drum fish.