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. 2021 Sep 30:44:e89.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20001715.

A boldly comparative approach will strengthen co-evolutionary accounts of musicality's origins

Luke Rendell  1 , Emily L Doolittle  2 , Ellen C Garland  3 , Alex South  4
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A boldly comparative approach will strengthen co-evolutionary accounts of musicality's origins

Luke Rendell et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Focus on the evolutionary origins of musicality has been neglected relative to attention on language, so these new proposals are welcome stimulants. We argue for a broad comparative approach to understanding how the elements of musicality evolved, and against the use of overly simplistic evolutionary accounts.

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