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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2021

Music as a trait in evolutionary theory: A musicological perspective.

Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Lara Pearson, Tina Roeske, Christian Grüny, Rainer Polak

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Melanie Wald-FuhrmannMax Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Grüneburgweg 14, 60322Frankfurt am Main, Germany. melanie.wald-fuhrmann@ae.mpg.de lara.pearson@ae.mpg.de tina.roeske@ae.mpg.de christian.grueny@ae.mpg.de rainer.polak@ae.mpg.dehttps://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/department-of-music.html.ORCID 0000-0002-3659-4731
Lara PearsonMax Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Grüneburgweg 14, 60322Frankfurt am Main, Germany. melanie.wald-fuhrmann@ae.mpg.de lara.pearson@ae.mpg.de tina.roeske@ae.mpg.de christian.grueny@ae.mpg.de rainer.polak@ae.mpg.dehttps://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/department-of-music.html.
Tina RoeskeMax Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Grüneburgweg 14, 60322Frankfurt am Main, Germany. melanie.wald-fuhrmann@ae.mpg.de lara.pearson@ae.mpg.de tina.roeske@ae.mpg.de christian.grueny@ae.mpg.de rainer.polak@ae.mpg.dehttps://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/department-of-music.html.
Christian GrünyMax Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Grüneburgweg 14, 60322Frankfurt am Main, Germany. melanie.wald-fuhrmann@ae.mpg.de lara.pearson@ae.mpg.de tina.roeske@ae.mpg.de christian.grueny@ae.mpg.de rainer.polak@ae.mpg.dehttps://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/department-of-music.html.
Rainer PolakMax Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Grüneburgweg 14, 60322Frankfurt am Main, Germany. melanie.wald-fuhrmann@ae.mpg.de lara.pearson@ae.mpg.de tina.roeske@ae.mpg.de christian.grueny@ae.mpg.de rainer.polak@ae.mpg.dehttps://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/department-of-music.html.

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Abstract

Although it can be straightforward to define the features of physical traits, complex cultural categories tend to elude widely accepted definitions that transcend cultural and historical context. Addressing papers by Mehr et al. and Savage et al., which both aim to explain music as an evolved trait, we discuss fundamental problems that arise from their conceptualizations of music.

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