A Lithic Origin for Music? Experimental Investigations into the Neuro-Auditory Resonance Hypothesis

这项提议旨在探索将音乐和乐器融入早期原始人文化的文化和生物过程。具体地说，它旨在研究一种新颖的“神经-听觉共振假说”，该假说最初是为了解释古艺术的起源而提出的。研究问题将通过对石器材料特性、制造石器所涉及的技术和发生工具制造的社会环境之间的相互联系的实际调查来解决。特别是，本论文将侧重于这样一种观点，即音乐和工具制作，无论是嘈杂的、打击乐的还是社会学习的实践，都是作为相辅相成的行为共同进化的。

This proposal intends to explore the cultural and biological processes that incorporated music and musical instruments into the cultures of early hominins. Specifically it aims to investigate a novel "Neuro-Auditory Resonance Hypothesis", originally proposed to account for the origins of Palaeoart. The research questions will be addressed using practical investigations of interconnections between the material properties of stone tools, the techniques involved in creating them and the social environment in which toolmaking occurs. In particular,the thesis will focus on the idea that music and toolmaking, both noisy, percussive and socially learnedpractices, co-evolved as mutually reinforcing behaviours.