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Harnessed : how language and music mimicked nature and transformed ape to man / Mark Changizi

This text explores the theory that human speech and music are structured to mimic natural environmental sounds. It suggests that language and melody harness pre-existing auditory mechanisms evolved by mammals to interpret their surroundings.
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