Universal features of rhythmic music emerge culturally via iterated learning in the laboratory.
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Fitch, W. Cultural evolution: Lab-cultured musical universals. Nat Hum Behav 1, 0018 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-016-0018
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