Music: its Laws and Evolution
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Music, evolution and language.
Darwin (1871) noted that the human musical faculty 'must be ranked amongst the most mysterious with which he is endowed'. Indeed, previous research with human infants and young children has revealed that we are born with variable musical capabilities. Here, the adaptive purpose served by these differing capabilities is discussed with reference to comparative findings regarding the acoustic beha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1910
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/083091a0