tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post114204134137688983..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: More recent selection in humansagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1142304377869665072006-03-13T21:46:00.000-05:002006-03-13T21:46:00.000-05:00Are people getting more or less good at smelling t...Are people getting more or less good at smelling things? If less good, it could be because we offloaded tracking prey animals by scent to dogs when we domesticated them, freeing up valuable brain real estate for other functions.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1142209073128498862006-03-12T19:17:00.000-05:002006-03-12T19:17:00.000-05:00You beat me to the punchline! Well, I might as wel...You beat me to the punchline! Well, I might as well give the basics -- IQ profile is a good predictor of how much that group's musical style emphasizes harmony and melody. Lopsidedness toward verbal (Af-Am, Ashkenazim) results in melody-driven music, not as much emphasis on harmony. The converse is true for those lopsided toward spatial (Central Asians), where harmony is complex but not the melody. Where groups are balanced IQ-wise, melody & harmony are roughly equally prominent (Germans).agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1142205667220900552006-03-12T18:21:00.000-05:002006-03-12T18:21:00.000-05:00Music is another area where the psychic unity of m...Music is another area where the psychic unity of mankind appears to have some deep-seated divisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com