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November 27, 2025Science

Groove to the music

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Tapping behavior in macaques suggests evolutionary connections to musicality, highlighting significant insights.
Key evidence shows that tapping responses may reflect musicality's roots and its development in non-human primates.
Observational analysis explores macaque tapping behavior in relation to musicality, linking primate actions to human traits.
This work may enable a deeper understanding of music's evolution, emphasizing parallels between species in auditory responses.

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Observational analysis reveals tapping behavior may indicate the evolutionary roots of musicality in macaques, suggesting music-like responses.

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What can tapping macaques reveal about the evolution of musicality?

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synapsesocial.com/papers/692b9d931d383f2b2a379c38 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec8640

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