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Preface
1. The Mystery of Music: The Need for an Evolutionary History of Music
Part One: The Present
2. More than Cheesecake? The Similarities and Differences between Music and Language
3. Music without Language: The Brain, Aphasia and Musical Savants
4. Language without Music: Acquired and Congenital Amusia
5. The Modularity of Music and Language: Music Processing within the Brain
6. Talking and Singing to Baby: Brain Maturation, Language Learning and Perfect Pitch
7. Music Hath Charms and Can Heal: Music, Emotion, Medicine and Intelligence
Part Two: The Past
8. Grunts, Barks and Gestures: Communication by Monkeys and Apes
9. Songs on the Savannah: The Origin of ‘Hmmmm’ Communication
10. Getting into Rhythm: The Evolution of Bipedalism and Dance
11. Imitating Nature: Communication about the Natural World
12. Singing for Sex: Is Music a Product of Sexual Selection?
13. The Demands of Parenthood: Human Life History and Emotional Development
14. Making Music Together: The Significance of Cooperation and Social Bonding
15. Neanderthals in Love: ‘Hmmmmm’ communication by Homo neanderthalensis
16 The Origin of Language: The Origin of Homo sapiens and the Segmentation of ‘Hmmmmm’
17. A Mystery Explained, but Not Diminished: Modern Human Dispersal, Communicating with the Gods, and the Remnants of ‘Hmmmmm’
Notes
Bibliography
Picture Acknowledgements
Index

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