The (Co)Evolution of Language and Music Under Human Self-Domestication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5419976 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonio Benítez‐burraco (0000-0003-4574-5666, Universidad de Sevilla, corresponding author), Aleksey Nikolsky (0000-0001-5572-9438, Austin Independent School District) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-275 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Nature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6767 • E-ISSN: 1936-4776 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12110-023-09447-1 |
| PMID | 37097428 |
| OpenAlex | W4366987910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 261 |
Together with language, music is perhaps the most distinctive behavioral trait of the human species. Different hypotheses have been proposed to explain why only humans perform music and how this ability might have evolved in our species. In this paper, we advance a new model of music evolution that builds on the self-domestication view of human evolution, according to which the human phenotype is, at least in part, the outcome of a process similar to domestication in other mammals, triggered by the reduction in reactive aggression responses to environmental changes. We specifically argue that self-domestication can account for some of the cognitive changes, and particularly for the behaviors conducive to the complexification of music through a cultural mechanism. We hypothesize four stages in the evolution of music under self-domestication forces: (1) collective protomusic; (2) private, timbre-oriented music; (3) small-group, pitch-oriented music; and (4) collective, tonally organized music. This line of development encompasses the worldwide diversity of music types and genres and parallels what has been hypothesized for languages. Overall, music diversity might have emerged in a gradual fashion under the effects of the enhanced cultural niche construction as shaped by the progressive decrease in reactive (i.e., impulsive, triggered by fear or anger) aggression and the increase in proactive (i.e., premeditated, goal-directed) aggression
Aggression · Biology · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Domestication · Music and emotion · Music education · Music history · Parallels · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Trait · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Anthropology · Music and Audio Processing · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |