Toward a productive evolutionary understanding of music
Samuel A. Mehr, Max M. Krasnow, Gregory A. Bryant, Edward H. Hagen · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2021
We discuss approaches to the study of the evolution of music (sect. R1); challenges to each of the two theories of the origins of music presented in the companion target articles (sect. R2); future directions for testing them (sect. R3); and priorities for better understanding the nature of music (sect. R4).