Why don't cockatoos have war songs?. (30th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moser, Cody; Ackerman, Jordan; Dayer, Alex; Proksch, Shannon; Smaldino, Paul E.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 44(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-09-30
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X20001223
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: We suggest that the accounts offered by the target articles could be strengthened by acknowledging the role of group selection and cultural niche construction in shaping the evolutionary trajectory of human music. We argue that group level traits and highly variable cultural niches can explain the diversity of human song, but the target articles' accounts are insufficient to explain such diversity.