Biology of music: another one bites the dust.
Rhythmic entrainment, long believed an exclusive prerogative of humans, has now been demonstrated in several bird species, raising interesting questions about the evolutionary biology of music.
Fitch
W Tecumseh
WT
School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, KY6 9JP, UK. wtsf@st-andrews.ac.uk
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