Prehistoric music is studied alongside other periods within music archaeology.

Prehistoric music encompasses that music which existed prior to any historical record.

There is particular interest in prehistoric music.

Prehistoric music can only be theorized based on findings from paleolithic archaeology sites.

These flutes represent the earliest known musical instruments and provide valuable evidence of prehistoric music.

Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music in different parts of the world, but still exists in isolated areas.

Prehistoric music is inferred from found instruments, while parietal art can be found on rocks of any kind.

The prehistoric is considered to have ended with the development of writing, and with it, by definition, prehistoric music.

Ancient music is music that developed in literate cultures, replacing prehistoric music.

Prehistoric Music.

Prehistoric music, once more commonly called primitive music, is the name given to all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history.

The context in which prehistoric music took place has also become a subject of much study, as the sound made by music in prehistory would have been somewhat different depending on the acoustics present.

Prehistoric music thus technically includes all of the world's music that has existed before the advent of any currently-extant historical sources concerning that music of the early stage of development of the human.

Some of its tracks were composed especially by Morgan Casey and Nick Wylie; others are examples of authentic music, the Celtic factions' tracks, for example, having been recorded by early music ensemble Prehistoric Music Ireland.

According to a recent suggestion, several forms of audio and visual arts (prehistoric music such as rhythmic singing and drumming on external objects, dancing, and body and face painting) were developed very early in hominid evolution by the forces of natural selection in order to reach an altered state of consciousness.

The next major release was version 1.0, which was released in October 2007 and included new units, new government options for the Pahlava and Hayasdan factions, the addition of a new type of wall to the battle map and new music from prehistoric music group Prehistoric Music Ireland.