Cultural evolution: Conserved patterns of melodic evolution across musical cultures

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Mar 2022 Austria English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Current Biology, volume 32, pages R265-R267 (issn: 0960-9822,

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Authors: Hoeschele, Marisa; Fitch, W. Tecumseh;

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.080

pmid: 35349809

Cultural evolution: Conserved patterns of melodic evolution across musical cultures

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A new study finds that melodies evolve in similar ways, reminiscent of genetic evolution, across cultures. Patterns of change in music and other aesthetic domains may be the key to understanding how culture evolves when unfettered by physical or ecological constraints.

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Austria

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Evolution, Molecular, Esthetics, Memory, Auditory Perception, 106051 Behavioural biology, 106051 Verhaltensbiologie, Music

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