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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2021

The music and social bonding hypothesis does require multilevel selection.

Dustin Eirdosh, Susan Hanisch

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Article in The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Dustin EirdoshDepartment of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103Leipzig, Germanydustin.eirdosh@eva.mpg.dehttps://www.eva.mpg.de/comparative-cultural-psychology/staff/dustin-eirdosh/.ORCID 0000-0002-3836-1501
Susan HanischDepartment of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103Leipzig, Germanydustin.eirdosh@eva.mpg.dehttps://www.eva.mpg.de/comparative-cultural-psychology/staff/dustin-eirdosh/.ORCID 0000-0001-8273-6481

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Is musicality an individual level adaptation? The authors of this target article reject the need for group selection within their model, yet their arguments do not fulfill the conceptual requirements for justifying such a rejection. Further analysis can highlight the explanatory value of embracing multilevel selection theory as a foundational element of the music and social bonding (MSB) hypothesis.

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MusicAdaptation, PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionHumans

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