Abstract
In A Million Years of Music, Gary Tomlinson develops an extensive evolutionary narrative that emphasises several important components of human musicality and proposes a theory of the coalescence of these components. In this essay I tie some of Tomlinson’s ideas to five constraints on theories of music’s evolution. This provides the framework for organising my reconstruction of his model. Thereafter I focus on Tomlinson’s description of ‘entraining’ Acheulean toolmakers and offer several criticisms. I close with some tentative proposals for further theorising.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 421-434 |
Journal | Biology and Philosophy |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |