New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

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Charles Darwin theorized that a sound, smell or color that's attractive to one species can be preferred by others too. A new study finds humans and animals do share preferences for certain sounds.

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