- Additional Authors
- Bannan, Nicholas.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 345 p.) : ill., music.
- Uniform Title
- Music, language, and human evolution (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : music, language, and human evolution / Nicholas Bannan -- Music and mosaics : the evolution of human abilities / Robert Foley -- The evolution of the human vocal tract : specialized for speech? / Margaret Clegg -- When the words dry up : music and material metaphors half a million years ago / Clive Gamble -- Hominin physiological evolution and the emergence of musical capacities / Ian Morley -- Vocal traditions of the world : towards an evolutionary account of voice production in music / Tran Quang Hai and Nicholas Bannan -- Found objects in the musical practices of hunter-gatherers : implications for the evolution of instrumental music / Pedro Epsi-Sanchis and Nicholas Bannan -- On the evolutionary function of song and dance / Robin Dunbar -- The vocal learning constellation : imitation, ritual culture, and encephalization / Bjorn Merker -- Music as an emergent exaptation / Ian Cross -- Musicians' performance prosody / Johan Sundberg -- Harmony and its role in human evolution / Nicholas Bannan.
- LCCN
- 2012563895
- OCLC
- ssj0001460386
- Title
Music, language, and human evolution [electronic resource] / edited by Nicholas Bannan.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Bannan, Nicholas.