“…Sexual selection itself comprises two pathways, namely intrasexual competition, involving dominance and prestige ( Fisher and Candea, 2012 ; Varella et al, 2017 ), and intersexual selection, associated with fitness indicators as well as aesthetic aspects (see Prum, 2012 ; Davis and Arnocky, 2022 ). Modern sexual selection theory discusses several intersexual processes, such as good taste ( Davis and Arnocky, 2022 ), good genes, good partners, and good providers ( Buss and Shackelford, 2008 ), good parents ( Kreutz and Feldhaus, 2023 ) and good relationship maintenance ( Evans et al, 2022 ). Crucially, adaptationist accounts are not necessarily mutually exclusive: although various theories emphasize distinct, and possibly complementary, functions for musicality, they broadly agree that evolutionary pressures played a defining role in the origins of musicality.…”