Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music Heinsohn, Robert, Zdenek, Christina N, Cunningham, Ross B, Endler, John A and Langmore, Naomi E 2017, Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music, Science advances, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602399. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads endler-toolassistedrhythmic-2017.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.51MB 4 Title Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music Author(s) Heinsohn, Robert Zdenek, Christina N Cunningham, Ross B Endler, John A orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-7627 Langmore, Naomi E Journal name Science advances Volume number 3 Issue number 6 Article ID e1602399 Start page 1 End page 6 Total pages 6 Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Place of publication Washington, D.C. Publication date 2017-06 ISSN 2375-2548 Keyword(s) Palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus) Drumming Instrumental music Rhythm Evolution of rhythmicity Regular beat Percussion Biomusicality Evolution of rhythm Animal tool use Summary All human societies have music with a rhythmic “beat,” typically produced with percussive instruments such as drums. The set of capacities that allows humans to produce and perceive music appears to be deeply rooted in human biology, but an understanding of its evolutionary origins requires cross-taxa comparisons. We show that drumming by palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus) shares the key rudiments of human instrumental music, including manufacture of a sound tool, performance in a consistent context, regular beat production, repeated components, and individual styles. Over 131 drumming sequences produced by 18 males, the beats occurred at nonrandom, regular intervals, yet individual males differed significantly in the shape parameters describing the distribution of their beat patterns, indicating individual drumming styles. Autocorrelation analyses of the longest drumming sequences further showed that they were highly regular and predictable like human music. These discoveries provide a rare comparative perspective on the evolution of rhythmicity and instrumental music in our own species, and show that a preference for a regular beat can have other origins before being co-opted into group-based music and dance. Language eng DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1602399 Field of Research 060305 Evolution of Developmental Systems 060801 Animal Behaviour 060806 Animal Physiological Ecology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30100680 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 27 Jul 2017, 12:32:45 EST Fri, 28 Jul 2017, 05:07:22 EST Mon, 14 Aug 2017, 18:09:44 EST Tue, 15 Aug 2017, 06:08:55 EST Wed, 16 Aug 2017, 12:42:11 EST Wed, 16 Aug 2017, 12:44:10 EST Wed, 16 Aug 2017, 12:46:05 EST Mon, 21 Aug 2017, 13:38:22 EST Fri, 08 Sep 2017, 14:16:42 EST Sat, 24 Feb 2018, 01:32:38 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:14:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 101 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Aug 2017, 18:09:44 EST

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