Musicality was not selected for, rather humans have a good reason to learn music.
Journal
The Behavioral and brain sciences
ISSN: 1469-1825
Titre abrégé: Behav Brain Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808666
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 09 2021
30 09 2021
Historique:
entrez:
30
9
2021
pubmed:
1
10
2021
medline:
9
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We propose that not social bonding, but rather a different mechanism underlies the development of musicality: being unable to survive alone. The evolutionary constraint of being dependent on other humans for survival provides the ultimate driving force for acquiring human faculties such as sociality and musicality, through mechanisms of learning and neural plasticity. This evolutionary mechanism maximizes adaptation to a dynamic environment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34588048
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X2000134X
pii: S0140525X2000134X
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Comment
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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