Links

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"The Artistic Animal" by Caleb Crain

Denis Dutton on Ellen Dissanayake

Children's spontaneous vocalisations during play: aesthetic dimensions, by June Countryman, Martha Gabriel, and Katherine Thompson. 2015. Music Education Research

New York Times: "The Dance of Evolution, or How Art Got Its Start" by Natalie Angier

Margaret S. Barrett
"Inventing songs, inventing worlds:
the ‘genesis’ of creative thought and activity in young children’s lives" (PDF file)

At dinner in Auckland, New Zealand, when Denis was still with us. From left to right: Denis Dutton, Jonathan Gottschall, Brian Boyd, Ellen Dissanayake, and Joseph Carroll.

With Tom Anderson and David Gussack at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Oct. 2011.

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