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[–] coolman@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Paywall :c

From what I could read, it's interesting but not that surprising. Dogs/wolves adjusting pitch to match the group howl seems pretty understandable.

Origins of music are nature though. The overtone series is unchanging and naturally derivable. Additionally, people were singing and making music in the Americas (check out the origins of the Ocarina) way before the existence of dogs