For example, the fact that whale and human music have so much in common even though our evolutionary paths have not intersected for nearly 60 million years suggests that music may predate humans.

• 例如，鲸和人类的音乐就有许多相同之处，尽管我们各自的进化途径在6千万年里并没有任何交叉点。从这一点上可以看出，音乐可能早于人类而出现。