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Music and Evolution: Hearing Math, Seeing Sound, and other Unanswered Questions

by Kurt Ellenberger
April 12, 2022

Music and Evolution: A Brief Overview The evidence presented in the research on music and evolution, beginning with Darwin himself,[1] focusses largely on music's purported ability to support “mate selection, parental care, coalition signaling, and group cohesion," [2] language development, [3] and other things. The prevailing evolutionary theories about music follow Darwin's lead--they are predominately sociological, ...