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Mar 1, 2009 · The findings provide evidence supporting Darwin's hypothesis of an intermediate stage of human evolutionary history characterized by a communication system that resembles music more closely than language and possibly acting as a precursor for both current language and music.
- A Comparative Perspective
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Jul 19, 2012 · This volume builds on Charles Darwin's speculation that human language may have had its origins in forms of vocal communication closer to the condition of music. Music and language are both acquired by individuals, and thus transmitted over the generations as a consequence of an evolved biology specially adapted for these purposes.
The oldest discovered musical instruments in the world (flutes made of bones and mammoth ivory) are over 40,000 years old. But instruments and song may be far, far older. In his book The Descent Of Man, Charles Darwin wondered whether our language abilities had started with singing, and if that was the reason for our pleasure in music.
Sep 11, 2012 · PDF | Language is typically viewed as fundamental to human intelligence. Music, while recognized as a human universal, is often treated as an ancillary... | Find, read and cite all the...
Jun 19, 2017 · How Did Music Begin? Was it via Vocalization or was it through Motor Impulse? But even those elementary questions are a step too far, because first we have to ask “What is music?” and this is a question that is almost impossible to answer.
Oct 9, 2018 · The chapter advocates for the use of a truly comparative approach to study differences and commonalities between music and language. It then highlights several common functions and operations necessary in both language and music processing and presents the sharing resource hypothesis.
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Oct 2, 2014 · The relationship between music and language is particularly strong in early infancy. The main focus of the present chapter is on the relationship between language and music, and evidence of overlapping neurophysiological, perceptual, and cognitive resources underlying this relationship.
