Music as a coevolved system for social bonding

Why do humans make music? Theories of the evolution of musicality have focused mainly on the value of music for specific adaptive contexts such as mate selection, parental care, coalition signaling, and group cohesion. Synthesizing and extending previous proposals, we argue that social bonding is an...

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Main Authors: Fitch, W.T (Author), Glowacki, L. (Author), Loui, P. (Author), Mithen, S. (Author), Savage, P.E (Author), Schachner, A. (Author), Tarr, B. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
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