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Global musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories.

Nature communications - 10 May 2024

Passmore Sam, Wood Anna L C, Barbieri Chiara, Shilton Dor, Daikoku Hideo, Atkinson Quentin D, Savage Patrick E

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Music is a universal yet diverse cultural trait transmitted between generations. The extent to which global musical diversity traces cultural and demographic history, however, is unresolved. Using a global musical dataset of 5242 songs from 719 societies, we identify five axes of musical diversity and show that music contains geographical and historical structures analogous to linguistic and genetic diversity....

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PMID: 38729968
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48113-7
PMCID: PMC11087526

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