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. 2016 Sep 28;7:1393. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01393

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

Visual representation of the research hypothesis. The ability to process acoustic prosody in emotional communication and in interactional coordination is widespread across animal taxa. Here, I hypothesize that this ability evolved into the ability to process linguistic prosody and music in humans.