[HN Gopher] Loss of dance and infant-directed song among the Nor...
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       Loss of dance and infant-directed song among the Northern Ache
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2025-05-07 01:39 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | wildzzz wrote:
       | I've always wondered if simply observing people like this changes
       | their behavior.
        
         | ycombiredd wrote:
         | I've never wondered until now wtf is infant-directed song?
        
           | ycombiredd wrote:
           | oh oh! as in directed _at_ lol.. sorry, it 's early... I had
           | visions of... nevermind.
        
             | aaronbrethorst wrote:
             | I originally had the same thought. Toddlers will definitely
             | make you invent songs, but it seems a little early for
             | younger cohorts.
        
             | kgwxd wrote:
             | Greendale Babies?
        
             | olddustytrail wrote:
             | See, you think babies are just waving their arms, but
             | they're actually _conducting_!
        
         | ljf wrote:
         | We know that surveying teenagers about alcohol, drugs and sex
         | makes them more likely to report that they have drunk, taken
         | drugs and had sex in future surveys.
         | 
         | The question is we're they lying the first time, the 2nd time
         | or did their behaviour actually change.
        
       | romaaeterna wrote:
       | The Northern Ache have lost the ability to make fire and
       | instruments, per Table 1.
        
         | Noumenon72 wrote:
         | That table also answers the question I was asking all the way
         | through, "How do you know whether they lost singing to infants
         | or never had it?" They split off from the Southern Ache, who
         | still do it.
        
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