updated preprint from
@loganjames.bsky.social @themusiclab.org: humans share acoustic preferences with a variety of other species
I love this finding—in call/song/noise/etc pairs where we know (from prior work) that animals have a preference, humans reliably identify the more-attractive sound

Humans share acoustic preferences with other animals
Many animals produce sounds during courtship and receivers prefer some sounds over others. Shared ancestry and convergent evolution may generate similarities in preference across species and could und...