The Evolution of Music: Accident, or Adaptation?

Salami · 02-13-2012, 08:44 AM

I'm giving this thread a bump for a few reasons:
Firstly, I'm hoping that there are some new ideas about this subject, and it's good to give ourselves a break from thinking about a certain topic, because we can return with new ideas.

Also, it had sparked perhaps one of the best discussions I've come across on music banter, and I'm hoping it can be replicated!

SIRIUSB · 02-13-2012, 11:45 AM

Well allllrighty then!

Quote:

. . . music and language evolved as two specializations from a common ancestor,such that a series shared ancestral features evolved before either analogous or distinct features. This model is distinguished from those holding that music evolved from a dedicated linguistic capacity (music outgrowth model) or that language developed from a dedicated musical capacity (language outgrowth model). It argues instead that shared ancestral features of music and language should be thought of as musilinguistic rather than either musical or linguistic.

From a pdf. "THEORIES OF MUSIC ORIGIN" . . . a rather heady but informative text concerning this subject.

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Salami Get in ma belly Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,385	I'm giving this thread a bump for a few reasons: Firstly, I'm hoping that there are some new ideas about this subject, and it's good to give ourselves a break from thinking about a certain topic, because we can return with new ideas. Also, it had sparked perhaps one of the best discussions I've come across on music banter, and I'm hoping it can be replicated!