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To: Brumar89 who wrote (3145)	10/18/2006 5:28:04 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

But presumably random mutations occur with just one person (the odds of several identical random mutations occuring in the same small group of individuals would be prohibitively high). So the first guy or gal with a mutation for musical appreciation and talent wouldn't have even a subset of his society with the same trait. Presumably such a mutation would occur with just one person, but he or she could pass it (or "them" its likely not one specific mutation, I don't think there is a single "music gene") to his or her children who could eventually be the majority of a small group. If music gives the group better cohesion it would have an evolutionary advantage over other groups. And the mutation could happen in other groups at other times (so you wouldn't have to have all of humanity be the descendants of that one person). Or it may have been a trait that developed long before we were human. Certain types of animals apparently appreciate songs or rhythms (birds, wales etc.)