Progress without exclusion in the search for an evolutionary basis of music
- 30 September 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Vol. 44, e97
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x20001466
Abstract
Mehr et al.'s hypothesis that the origins of music lie in credible signaling emerges here as a strong contender to explain early adaptive functions of music. Its integration with evolutionary biology and its specificity mark important contributions. However, much of the paper is dedicated to the exclusion of popular alternative hypotheses, which we argue is unjustified and premature.Keywords
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