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Origins: Folk music and DNA

03 Mar 22 - 10:04 PM (#4138265)
Subject: Origins: Folk music and DNA
From: GUEST,Julia L

Just found this intriguing article which I thought would be of interest
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/researchers-analyzed-folk-music-like-it-was-mutating-dna-they-found-amazing-p


03 Mar 22 - 10:34 PM (#4138267)
Subject: RE: Origins: Folk music and DNA
From: keberoxu

Almost there, friend Guest, but your blicky does not work.
So,
try this one.
Researches analyzed folk music like it was DNA

For scientists like our own Steve Shaw, you might consider looking at
this link to the Current Biology journal in which this research was made public to start with.
Sequence alignment of folk song melodies reveals cross-cultural regularities of musical evolution