Re: Music's place in evolution

From: John Wilkins (johnSPAM_at_wilkins.id.au)
Date: 12/20/04


Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:38:42 +0000 (UTC)

Michael Laschober <stlpiano@mindspring.com> wrote:

> In what ways can evolution explain the existence of music? There does not
> even seem to be a selective advantage to simple pitch recognition. Is music
> better explained through memetics rather than genetics?

See

http://human-nature.com/nibbs/03/anvil.html

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