We found something very different, instead of music being primarily shaped by the culture it is from, the social function of the piece of music influences its features much more strongly.

Luke Glowacki

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The fact that a lullaby, healing song or dance song from the British Isles or anywhere else in the world has many musical features in common with the same kind of song from hunter-gatherers in Australia or horticulturalists in Africa is remarkable.