What is the role of music in evolution?

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  • There’s also an interesting section on how birdsong matches some very intellectual Music Theory in the book Animals in Translation. The conclusion seems to be that music might be a precursor to language in brain formation.

    (Check around page 278 on Look Inside at the Amazon link below, or search for “birdsong”)
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  • It depends on how you define “music.” But the songs of birds and other animals do play a role in their courtship behaviour, and therefor affect their evolution in the long term.

    Depending on the bird, the strategy of singing can vary from pure imitation, to pure creativity. Whales, insects and others also sing.

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