Sounds wild and broken: sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction

Origins. Primal sound and the ancient roots of hearing

Unity and diversity

Sensory bargains and biases

The flourishing of animal sounds. Predators, silence, wings

Flowers oceans, milk

Evolution's creative powers. Air, water, wood

In the clamor

Sexuality and beauty

Vocal learning and culture

The imprints of deep time

Human music and belonging. Bone, ivory, breath

Resonant spaces

Music, forest, body

Diminishment, crisis, and injustice. Forests

Oceans

Cities

Listening. In community

In the deep past and future

Part I. Origins. Primal sound and the ancient roots of hearing ; Unity and diversity ; Sensory bargains and biases

Part II. The flourishing of animal sounds. Predators, silence, wings ; Flowers oceans, milk

Part III. Evolution's creative powers. Air, water, wood ; In the clamor ; Sexuality and beauty ; Vocal learning and culture ; The imprints of deep time

Part IV. Human music and belonging. Bone, ivory, breath ; Resonant spaces ; Music, forest, body

Part V. Diminishment, crisis, and injustice. Forests ; Oceans ; Cities

Part VI. Listening. In community ; In the deep past and future.