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- Title
Music as aposematic signal: predator defense strategies in early human evolution.
- Authors
Jordania, Joseph
- Abstract
The article draws attention to a neglected key element of human evolutionary history--the defense strategies of hominins and early humans against predators. Possible reasons for this neglect are discussed, and the historical development of this field is outlined. Many human morphological and behavioral characteristics-musicality, sense of rhythm, use of dissonances, entrainment, bipedalism, long head hair, long legs, strong body odor, armpit hair, traditions of body painting and cannibalism-are explained as predator avoidance tactics of an aposematic (warning display) defense strategy. The article argues that the origins of human musical faculties should be studied in the wider context of an early, multimodal human defense strategy from predators.
- Subjects
HUMAN evolution; CANNIBALISM; BODY odor; PREDATORY animals; HUMAN origins; HOMINIDS
- Publication
Frontiers in Psychology, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1664-1078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1271854