With song often serving dual strategies of territorial defense and female attraction, studies using playback techniques have shown how birds interact, demonstrated difference between males and females in the perception of sounds.
"How and when does music become possible? Is it a matter of biology, or culture, or an interaction between the two? Revolutionizing the way we think about the core values of music and human exceptionalism, Hollis Taylor takes us on an outback road trip to meet the Australian pie…
How and when does music become possible' Is it a matter of biology, or culture, or an interaction between the two' Revolutionizing the way we think about the core values of music and human exceptionalism, Hollis Taylor takes us on an outback road trip to meet the Australian pied…
"Over the past century and a half, the voices and bodies of animals have been used by scientists and music experts as a benchmark for measures of natural difference. Animal Musicalities traces music's taxonomies from Darwin to digital bird guides to show how animal song has beco…
How conflicts between science and the humanities have shaped our understanding of the line between art and animal behavior.
