?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Music+and+dance+as+a+coalition+signaling+system&rft.creator=Hagen%2C+Edward+H&rft.creator=Bryant%2C+Gregory+A&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Primatology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=Evidence+suggests+that+humans+have+neurological+specializations+for+music+processing%2C+but+a+compelling+adaptationist+account+of+music+and+dance+is+lacking.+The+sexual+selection+hypothesis+cannot+easily+account+for+the+widespread+performance+of+music+and+dance+in+groups+(especially+synchronized+performances)%2C+and+the+social+bonding+hypothesis+has+severe+theoretical+difficulties.+Humans+are+unique+among+the+primates+in+their+ability+to+form+cooperative+alliances+between+groups+in+the+absence+of+consanguineal+ties.+We+propose+that+this+unique+form+of+social+organization+is+predicated+on+music+and+dance.+Music+and+dance+may+have+evolved+as+a+coalition+signaling+system+that+could%2C+among+other+things%2C+credibly+communicate+coalition+quality%2C+thus+permitting+meaningful+cooperative+relationships+between+groups.+This+capability+may+have+evolved+from+coordinated+territorial+defense+signals+that+are+common+in+many+social+species%2C+including+chimpanzees.+We+present+a+study+in+which+manipulation+of+music+synchrony+significantly+altered+subjects%E2%80%99+perceptions+of+music+quality%2C+and+in+which+subjects%E2%80%99+perceptions+of+music+quality+were+correlated+with+their+perceptions+of+coalition+quality%2C+supporting+our+hypothesis.+Our+hypothesis+also+has+implications+for+the+evolution+of+psychological+mechanisms+underlying+cultural+production+in+other+domains+such+as+food+preparation%2C+clothing+and+body+decoration%2C+storytelling+and+ritual%2C+and+tools+and+other+artifacts.+&rft.publisher=Aldine+de+Gruyter&rft.contributor=Lancaster%2C+Jane&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2472%2F1%2Fmusic.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hagen%2C+Edward+H+and+Bryant%2C+Gregory+A++(2002)+Music+and+dance+as+a+coalition+signaling+system.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2472%2F