Christopher X J. Jensen
Professor, Pratt Institute

Music evolves (culturally!) from noise to song under the influence of human selection

Posted 24 Jun 2012 / 0

Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesEvolution of music by public choice

Science Now “Computer Program ‘Evolves’ Music From Noise

DarwinTunes site

I am excited to read this article in full. What’s clear is that this is a pretty “canned” version of cultural evolution, but it is exciting to see this cultural evolution being studied systematically. They even work the Price Equation into their analysis; I am curious to see what that is about!

A Minor Post, Cultural Evolution, Multilevel Selection, Music

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