Music and the Brain

Seeking an Evolutionary Theory of Music (1x2)


Air date: Jan 01, 2015

Darwin believed that musical behavior arose because it gave our early ancestors a biological advantage. But what advantage? Investigate Darwin's theory and other adaptationist explanations for the evolution of music. Then look at two alternatives: invention theories and gene-culture co-evolution theories.

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