Gibbons and Their Territorial Songs

Marshall, Joe T.; Marshall, Elsie R.

doi:10.1126/science.193.4249.235

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“…In social creatures like ourselves, whose ancestors lived in arboreal environments where sound was one of the most effective ways to coordinate cohesive group activities, reinforce social bonds, resolve animosities, and to establish stable hierarchies of submission and dominance, there should have been a premium on being able to communicate shades of emotional meaning by the melodic character (prosody) of emitted sounds. Sound is an excellent way to help synchronize and regulate emotions so as to sustain social harmony, as is still dramatically evident in such species as Gelada monkeys (Richman, 1987), albeit the social 'songs' of the other primates are vastly more instinctual and stereotyped that those of humans (Marshall and Marshall, 1976). In sum, there is much to commend the idea that the most important evolutionary influences that still govern our affective responses to music are the natural neurodynamics of our brain socio-emotional systems that appear to be exquisitely responsive to the dynamics of emotional sounds.…”

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Emotional sounds and the brain: the neuro-affective foundations of musical appreciation

Panksepp

Bernatzky

2002

Behavioural Processes

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This article summarizes the potential role of evolved brain emotional systems in the mediation of music appreciation. A variety of examples of how music may promote behavioral change are summarized, including effects on memory, mood, brain activity as well as autonomic responses such as the experience of 'chills'. Studies on animals (e.g. young chicks) indicate that musical stimulation have measurable effects on their behaviors and brain chemistries, especially increased brain norepinephrine (NE) turnover. The evolutionary sources of musical sensitivity are discussed, as well as the potential medical-therapeutic implications of this knowledge. #

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Section: Evolutionary Antecedents Of Musicalitymentioning

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Emotional sounds and the brain: the neuro-affective foundations of musical appreciation

Panksepp

Bernatzky

2002

Behavioural Processes

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“…Geissmann, 1984Geissmann, , 1993Haimoff, 1984;Marshall and Marshall, 1976;Marshall and Sugardjito, 1986). Because descending phrases are frequently produced by two animals as to form a duet, we suspect that they are usually produced by mated pairs.…”

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The indris of Anjanaharibe-Sud, northeastern Madagascar

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International Journal of Primatology

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“…Siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) from Southeast Asia have a large laryngeal air sac that opens to the laryngeal cavity just above the glottis (Mott, 1924;Némai and Kelemen, 1933;Starck and Schneider, 1960;Hayama, 1970). This sac is inflated just before they start their loud calls (Marshall and Marshall, 1976). Sac inflation is also found in other species, such as putty-nosed guenons (Cercopithecus nictitans) (Gautier, 1971;Gautier and Gautier, 1977) and Japanese macaques, (Macaca fuscata) (Itani, 1963).…”

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The descended larynx and the descending larynx

Nishimura

2018

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Our understanding of the evolution of human speech has been expanded by an increased knowledge of vocal anatomy and physiology in non-human primates. Comparative approaches provide evidence supporting the primate origins of many speech faculties. The descent of the larynx enables the two-tube configuration of the supralaryngeal vocal tract (SVT) in humans; however, this configuration is also found in chimpanzees and macaques. The acoustic properties of voices produced in helium gas support the view that vocalizations are usually produced through SVT resonance, with the sound source generated by vibration of the vocal folds in gibbons and marmosets, as seen in human speech. Nonhuman primates produce a wider range of vocal repertoire than previously thought, reflecting their varied manipulations of the vocal apparatus to modify SVT topology. These species often actively descend the hyoid and larynx to produce calls. This 'active' descent is one of the options for SVT modification in non-human primates. However, this is distinct from human speech, where a 'static' descended larynx moves in a restricted range during speech. Instead, humans modify SVT configuration by combinations of contraction and relaxation of the tongue muscles, to produce their vocal acoustics. The components of the vocal apparatus act under the constraint of anatomy, and various associations of anatomy and vocal actions are expected to be found in a variety of types of vocalization in non-human primates. Increasing knowledge of their anatomy and physiology promises better understanding of primate origins and of the evolutionary history of physical faculties in human speech.

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Gibbons and Their Territorial Songs

Cited by 211 publications

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Emotional sounds and the brain: the neuro-affective foundations of musical appreciation

Emotional sounds and the brain: the neuro-affective foundations of musical appreciation

The indris of Anjanaharibe-Sud, northeastern Madagascar

The descended larynx and the descending larynx

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