The Origins of Music: Preface - Preface

Raemaekers,Raemaekers,and Haimhoff 1984;personal observation).In another siamang group in Sumatra,a subadult male was twice obse ...

A comparative phylogenetic analysis of gibbon songs,taking into con- sideration comparative characteristics of loud calls of oth ...

114 Thomas Geissmann Figure 7.7 Occurrence of biphasic notes in loud calls (or excerpts of loud calls) of Old World monkeys (a–d ...

below 1.3kHz in Borneo.Long calls begin with a short series of low- frequency,low-intensity bubbling notes that build up to a lo ...

flailing branches,throwing rocks or other loose material,slapping the ground with hands,stomping with feet,hitting or stamping a ...

(Cercocebus galeritus,Macaca silenus,Trachypithecus johnii,Semnop- ithecus entellus) notes are remarkably pure in tone,and in so ...

calls by some New World monkeys (Alouatta,Callicebus) and wet-nosed primates (Propithecus,Avahi;personal observation). A Link to ...

improvised units) spontaneously.Universals of human music are difficult to identify but probably include a steady,accentuated be ...

Acknowledgments Some taperecordings used in the present study were kindly made available by Dr.G.Hohmann and Dr.R.R.Tenaza.I am ...

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Marler,P.and Tenaza,R.(1977).Signaling behavior of apes with special reference to vocal- ization.In T.A.Sebeok (Ed.) How Animals ...

Steenbeek,R.and Assink,P.(1998).Individual differences in long-distance calls of male wild Thomas langurs (Presbytis thomasi).Fo ...

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Maria Ujhelyi Abstract The social organization of primate species is a key factor in the evolution of vocal communication, and t ...

evolution may not be independent of the evolution of social systems.If we suppose that language and music have a long evolutiona ...

ally selected elements of the species-specific vocal repertoire into dif- ferent positions of the call (Arcadi 1996).In this way ...

There are indications that the chimpanzee’s long compound call may originate in a territorial marking function similar to that o ...

voluntary control and social transmissibility.Chimpanzee males often give the long call together,during which they attempt to ma ...

An origin of reference in calls marking individual agents in social interactions would associate an important attribute of langu ...

Perspectives Although transfer of referential meaning is hindered in both species in the wild,it does take place to a certain ex ...