The Evolution of Gender Dimorphism in the Human Voice: The Role of Octave Equivalence (Record no. 134569)
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| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER | |
| International Standard Serial Number | 0011-3204 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bannan, Nicholas |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123667 |
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| Title | The Evolution of Gender Dimorphism in the Human Voice: The Role of Octave Equivalence |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Current Anthropology |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 503-527 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract | Humans exhibit what appears to be a unique vocal property: octave equivalence, whereby adult male voices are, on average, an octave lower in pitch than those of adult females and children. The evolutionary significance of this seems largely to have escaped notice. While sexual selection might explain why male voices are generally lower, it cannot explain why they should be so much lower than what would be expected for body size or why the average difference should be exactly one octave. Nor does a generalized dimorphism convey why precisely tuned octaves feature so commonly in human vocal interaction. The octave features strongly in the organization of music. A consequence of this characteristic of human pitch perception and production is the capacity to share and respond to vocal pitches (and their instrumental equivalents) as if they are “the same†irrespective of the difference in range, a phenomenon known as octave equivalence. We investigate the nature of octave equivalence from an adaptive perspective and propose a hypothesis for its evolution based on the importance of chorusing for social bonding and pitch matching in intergenerational exchange. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Adult Females and Children |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123668 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human Voice |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123669 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Octave Equivalence |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123670 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Unique Vocal Property |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123671 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Gender Dimorphism |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123672 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bamford, Joshua |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123673 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dunbar, Robin |
| 9 (RLIN) | 123674 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730147">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/730147</a> |
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| Koha biblionumber | 134569 |
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| Dr VKRV Rao Library | Dr VKRV Rao Library | 28/11/2024 | Vol. 65, No. 3 | AI827 | 28/11/2024 | 28/11/2024 | Article Index |