It has been suggested that the basic building blocks of music mimic sounds of moving
humans, and because the brain was primed to exploit such sounds, they eventually became …

Proponents of the motor theory of language evolution have primarily focused on the visual
domain and communication through observation of movements. In the present paper, it is …

Objective To examine if exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during childhood
has an impact on asthma prevalence in adults, and to identify the amount of nuisance from …

The highly synchronized formations that characterize schooling in fish and the flight of
certain bird groups have frequently been explained as reducing energy expenditure. I …

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between reported
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and respiratory symptoms. In 1996, a postal …

Synchronized movements (schooling) emit complex and overlapping sound and pressure
curves that might confuse the inner ear and lateral line organ (LLO) of a predator. Moreover …

We contrast two related hypotheses of the evolution of dance: H1: Maternal bipedal walking
influenced the fetal experience of sound and associated movement patterns; H2: The human …

Objectives This study attempted to identify changes in exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke, as well as symptoms and attitudes among hospitality workers after the introduction of …

Humans show a population-level preference for using the right hand. The fighting
hypothesis is an influential theory that suggests that left-handedness persists because its …

The development of the octavolateralis system in fish ancestors created the phenomenon of
sensory reafference associated with the fish's own locomotion. Particularly in fish species …