The origins of language and the evolutio
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Nobuo Masataka
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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According to Darwin [Darwin, CR. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray; 1871], the human musical faculty 'must be ranked amongst the most mysterious with which he is endowed'. Music is a human cultural universal that serves no obvious adaptive purpose, making its