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Beyond “consistent with” adaptation: Is there a robust test for music adaptation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Parker Tichko Open the ORCID record for Parker Tichko [Opens in a new window] ,
Kevin A. Bird  and
Gregory Kohn
Parker Tichko
Affiliation:
Department of Music, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA p.tichko@northeastern.edu
Kevin A. Bird
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA birdkevi@msu.edu Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Gregory Kohn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA gregory.kohn@unf.edu
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Abstract

In their article, Mehr et al. conclude that the design features of music are consistent with adaptations for credible signaling. Although appealing to design may seem like a plausible basis for identifying adaptations, probing adaptive theories of music must be done at the genomic level and will require a functional understanding of the genomic, phenotypic, and fitness properties of music.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e115
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