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Pre-hunt charade as the cradle of human musicality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

Szabolcs Számadó Open the ORCID record for Szabolcs Számadó [Opens in a new window]
Szabolcs Számadó*
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Department of Sociology and Communication, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Egry J. u. 1., Budapest, 1111, Hungary Centre for Social Sciences (TK CSS) “Lendület” Research Center for Educational and Network Studies (CSS-RECENS), Tóth Kálmán u. 4, Budapest, 1097, Hungaryszamszab@ludens.elte.hu; szamado.szabolcs@tk.mta.hu Evolutionary Systems Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Klebelsberg Kuno u. 3, Tihany8237, Hungary
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Abstract

Human language and human music are both unique communication systems that evolved in the human lineage. Here, I propose that they share the same root, they evolved from an ancestral communication system yet to be described in detail. I suggest that pre-hunt charade was this shared root, which helped organize and coordinate the hunt of early hominins.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e114
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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