Both music and language are found in all known human societies, yet no studies have
compared similarities and differences between song, speech, and instrumental music on a …

Cash-strapped music entrepreneurs use social media to establish deep connections with
listeners but often lack resources to pursue marketing. Here, we present a disintermediated …

Music is an interactive technology associated with religious and communal activities and
was suggested to have evolved as a participatory activity supporting social bonding. In post …

In their paper “Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution”, Bickel et al.[1]
explore similarities and differences between biological, linguistic and cultural evolution, and …

Music and language are both forms of communication universally observed across human
societies, prompting researchers to investigate why and how they evolved. Such research …

Voice preferences are an integral part of interpersonal interactions and shape how people
connect with each other. While a large number of studies have investigated the mechanisms …

Global music diversity is a popular topic for both scientific and humanities researchers, but
often for different reasons. Scientific research typically focuses on the generalities through …

Objectives Genes and languages both contain signatures of human evolution, population
movement, and demographic history. Cultural traits like language are transmitted by …

We investigate and compare the evolution of two aspects of culture, languages and weaving
technologies, amongst the Kra-Dai (Tai-Kadai) peoples of southwest China and southeast …

This study investigates the intertwined roles of war and colonization in driving language
evolution, focusing on the ways in which historical conflicts and colonial encounters have …