Music, evolution and language

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Masataka, Nobuo ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; PRIMATES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33845726109     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00561.x     Document Type: Review

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