Reply to Goffinet: In consonance, old ideas die hard [Biological Sciences]

Goffinet's complaints (1) about our vocal similarity hypothesis (2) are unwarranted on both practical and theoretical grounds. First, the issue of tuning is a red herring. We used standard just intonation intervals to evaluate the consonance of chords because their role in music across historical and cultural boundaries is foundational...

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