Musicality was not selected for, rather humans have a good reason to learn music

Shir Atzil; Lior Abramson

doi:10.1017/s0140525x2000134x

Musicality was not selected for, rather humans have a good reason to learn music

Shir Atzil
, Lior Abramson

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	e62
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x2000134x
State	Published - 30 Sep 2021

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Musicality was not selected for, rather humans have a good reason to learn music

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