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ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2021

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

Luke Rendell, Emily L Doolittle, Ellen C Garland, Alex South

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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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Luke RendellCentre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution & Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, FifeKY16 9TH, UKler4@st-andrews.ac.uk; www.st-andrews.ac.uk/biology/people/ler4.ORCID 0000-0002-1121-9142
Emily L DoolittleResearch and Knowledge Exchange, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, GlasgowG2 3DB, UKe.doolittle@rcs.ac.uk; https://www.rcs.ac.uk/staff/emily-doolittle.
Ellen C GarlandCentre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution & Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, FifeKY16 8LB, UKecg5@st-andrews.ac.uk; www.st-andrews.ac.uk/biology/people/ecg5.ORCID 0000-0002-8240-1267
Alex SouthCentre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution & Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, GlasgowG2 3DB, UK.; a.south@rcs.ac.uk; www.alexsouth.org.

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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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