Was Darwin right?

Aap slaat maat (Nieuw Amsterdam), translated as The Evolving Animal Orchestra (MIT Press) and Der Affe schlägt den Takt (Henschel Verlag).

In 1871 Charles Darwin argued :

“The perception, if not the enjoyment, of musical cadences and of rhythm is probably common to all animals.”

"Henkjan Honing has tested this eminent reasonable idea, and in his book [The Evolving Animal Orchestra (MIT Press)] he reports back. He details his disappointment, frustration and downright failure with such wit, humility and a love of the chase that any young person reading it will surely want to run away to become a cognitive scientist." (Simon Ings in NewScientist).

"Honing’s new book provides a succinct, informal though rigorous overview of what we know of cross-species musicality. [..] Most science happens as a tiresome journey, and what the public sees is only the splendidness of arrival – that's not the case of this book. This is a popular science book, intriguing and entertaining." (Andrea Ravignani in Current Biology).

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