Evolutionary origins of music. Classical and recent hypotheses

Kasper Kalinowski; Agata Kozłowska; Marta Malesza; Dariusz P. Danel

doi:10.2478/anre-2021-0011

Authors

Kasper Kalinowski Department of Psychology of Development and Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw
Agata Kozłowska Department of Individual Differences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw
Marta Malesza Faculty of Psychology, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland
Dariusz P. Danel Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2021-0011

Keywords:

evolutionary psychology, music, biomusicology, evolutionary theories of music, functions of music

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review recent hypotheses on the evolutionary origins of music in Homo sapiens, taking into account the most influential traditional hypotheses. To date, theories derived from evolution have focused primarily on the importance that music carries in solving detailed adaptive problems. The three most influential theoretical concepts have described the evolution of human music in terms of 1) sexual selection, 2) the formation of social bonds, or treated it 3) as a byproduct. According to recent proposals, traditional hypotheses are flawed or insufficient in fully explaining the complexity of music in Homo sapiens. This paper will critically discuss three traditional hypotheses of music evolution (music as an effect of sexual selection, a mechanism of social bonding, and a byproduct), as well as and two recent concepts of music evolution - music as a credible signal and Music and Social Bonding (MSB) hypothesis.

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