Against unitary theories of music evolution

Harrison, Peter M. C.; Seale, Madeleine

doi:10.1017/S0140525X20001314

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Against unitary theories of music evolution

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Harrison, Peter M. C.
Research Group Computational Auditory Perception, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Max Planck Society;

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Harrison, P. M. C., & Seale, M. (2021). Against unitary theories of music evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44: e76. doi:10.1017/S0140525X20001314.

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Savage et al. and Mehr et al. provide well-substantiated arguments that the evolution of musicality was shaped by adaptive functions of social bonding and credible signalling. However, they are too quick to dismiss byproduct explanations of music evolution, and to present their theories as complete unitary accounts of the phenomenon.