tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post3594692377714728373..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Music and population structure (Brown et al. 2013)Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-3522144001961365922014-05-17T16:47:26.160+03:002014-05-17T16:47:26.160+03:00Just so depressing! Can't afford to get the fu...Just so depressing! Can't afford to get the full text, so have absolutely no idea if there's anything in this or not.<br />At the very least I'd love to know how they quantify folk songs!dbnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17967508556822408469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-21087707517252967802013-12-08T10:53:10.648+02:002013-12-08T10:53:10.648+02:00I think you mean quantify, but yeah - this paper s...I think you mean quantify, but yeah - this paper shows how musical attributes travel along genetic lines, but does not actually provide evidence for or against "memes" - there are many cultural evolutionary mechanisms that could potentially explain this.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825555100044635217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-14788322727526454192013-12-08T10:51:38.201+02:002013-12-08T10:51:38.201+02:00I think you mean quantify, but yeah - this paper s...I think you mean quantify, but yeah - this paper shows how musical attributes travel along genetic lines, but does not actually provide evidence for or against "memes" - there are many cultural evolutionary mechanisms that could potentially explain this.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825555100044635217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-49640971220011135042013-11-19T23:52:55.355+02:002013-11-19T23:52:55.355+02:00On first impression, I'd expect music and lang...On first impression, I'd expect music and language to have similar time depth, and not necessarily in a manner with one consistently deeper than the other. I wonder if there is much hope of replicating this result.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-22682944426102751262013-11-18T23:28:51.185+02:002013-11-18T23:28:51.185+02:00What's new is that they've been able to qu...What's new is that they've been able to quantize the evidence.DocGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359004200002936544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-10919685563138084342013-11-18T08:14:05.895+02:002013-11-18T08:14:05.895+02:00Have they heard about the "meme" theory,...Have they heard about the "meme" theory, or think they have discovered something new?<br />genefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09735643231654122583noreply@blogger.com