Global musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories
Nature Communications • Vol/Iss. 15 (3964) • Springer Nature • • Published In • Pages: 1-12 •
By Passmore, Sam, Wood, Anna L. C., Barbieri, Chiara , Shilton, Dor , Daikoku, Hideo , Atkinson, Quentin D. , Savage, Patrick E.
Hypothesis
Musical traditions will show spatial autocorrelation, such that geographically closer societies are more musically similar than distant ones.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variograms with Haversine distance | Supported | UNKNOWN | r ≈ 0.17 | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Musical similarity | Dependent | Music |
| Spatial autocorrelation | Independent | Location |