what came first music or dancing?

Answer 1

Well obviously Music because people needed something to dance to.

Answer 2

Dancing

Answer 3

I'm guessing dancing, you don't need music to dance. However you could call keeping a beat, tapping your foot to create a tempo music. So technically music came first but composing and song writing and the kinder music we know came second. It really depends on how you look at it.

Answer 4

I would have to say dancing. Dancing could be done in many ways without music. As soon as humans arrived on Earth, they had the ability to dance. & then we learned to make music.

Answer 5

I guess music. Because then they started dancing to the beat

Answer 6

Of course music. You can't dance without the beat.

Answer 7

Dancing because many animals have a mating dance which they dont do to music and thy were around long before humans.

Answer 8

A really good question, and really interesting to consider. (Funny how many people "know" the answer).
In many places and cultures (Africa and India) the two are not thought of or performed separately.
Dance could evolve from ritual, or mime; music from the voice and simple percussions. These would naturally go together, and so my guess is that there never was any separation until the rise of so-called "civilisation" and the expression has evolved multi-dimensionally.

Answer 9

Music of course

Answer 10

According to Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part I", it was music