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. 2015 Jul 21;112(29):8809-10.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1510724112. Epub 2015 Jul 8.

Cross-cultural convergence of musical features

Sandra E Trehub  1
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Cross-cultural convergence of musical features

Sandra E Trehub. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
After singing all night, these young BaYaka mothers continue singing well into the morning. Each sings a different melody to construct the polyphonic song. Indongo, Republic of Congo, 2010. Image courtesy of Jerome Lewis (University College London, London) and MIT Press (8).
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