The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans

Throughout human history, people have developed the faculty to appreciate and create music. Musical thinking implies the development of cognitive and emotional faculties by complex neural processes. How could such a complex behavior as music be originated by evolution? This article reviews the main...

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spelling I10-R363-article-55662019-05-27T16:17:36Z The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans Teorías sobre el origen de la música como un rasgo adaptativo Amodeo, Martín Raúl music evolutionary origin gene-culture coevolution biomusicology música origen evolutivo coevolución gen-cultura biomusicología. Throughout human history, people have developed the faculty to appreciate and create music. Musical thinking implies the development of cognitive and emotional faculties by complex neural processes. How could such a complex behavior as music be originated by evolution? This article reviews the main evolutionary approaches that have been proposed to explain this process. The main hypotheses state that music has emerged from adaptive processes such as communication and emotional coordination between mother and infant, the conformation of large cohesive groups, mate selection or the development of cognitive and emotional flexibility through play. Natural selection could have enabled the establishment of this faculty, whereas cultural evolution and gene-culture interaction could have led to the establishment of music as we know it. A lo largo de la historia evolutiva del humano, surgió una facultad que actualmente y a nivel universal nos permite apreciar y crear música. El pensamiento musical implica un desarrollo de las facultades cognitivas y emocionales de un individuo a través de procesos mentales complejos. ¿Cómo pudo originarse un comportamiento así en el curso de la evolución? Este trabajo propone revisar los principales abordajes que, desde una perspectiva ecológica evolutiva, intentan dar explicación a este proceso. Las principales hipótesis proponen que sus raíces se hallan en actividades de importancia adaptativa tales como la comunicación y coordinación emocional entre madres y bebés, la formación de grandes grupos cohesivos, la atracción de pareja o el desarrollo de flexibilidad cognitiva y emocional a través del juego. La selección natural habría permitido el establecimiento de esta facultad, mientras que la evolución cultural y la interacción gen-cultura habrían dado lugar a la música actual. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2014-04-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/msword application/msword https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5566 10.32348/1852.4206.v6.n1.5566 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 49-59 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 6 Núm. 1 (2014): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 49-59 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v6.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5566/Amodeo https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5566/24937 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5566/24938 Derechos de autor 2014 Martín Raúl Amodeo
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topic music
evolutionary origin
gene-culture coevolution
biomusicology
música
origen evolutivo
coevolución gen-cultura
biomusicología.
spellingShingle music
evolutionary origin
gene-culture coevolution
biomusicology
música
origen evolutivo
coevolución gen-cultura
biomusicología.
Amodeo, Martín Raúl
The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans
topic_facet music
evolutionary origin
gene-culture coevolution
biomusicology
música
origen evolutivo
coevolución gen-cultura
biomusicología.
author Amodeo, Martín Raúl
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title The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans
title_short The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans
title_full The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans
title_fullStr The origins of music as an adaptive trait in humans
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description Throughout human history, people have developed the faculty to appreciate and create music. Musical thinking implies the development of cognitive and emotional faculties by complex neural processes. How could such a complex behavior as music be originated by evolution? This article reviews the main evolutionary approaches that have been proposed to explain this process. The main hypotheses state that music has emerged from adaptive processes such as communication and emotional coordination between mother and infant, the conformation of large cohesive groups, mate selection or the development of cognitive and emotional flexibility through play. Natural selection could have enabled the establishment of this faculty, whereas cultural evolution and gene-culture interaction could have led to the establishment of music as we know it.
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