Speechmaps, songmaps, and lovemaps in evolutionary sexology

Authors
Citation
J. Money, Speechmaps, songmaps, and lovemaps in evolutionary sexology, CAH PSYCHOL, 17(6), 1998, pp. 1229-1235
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
CAHIERS DE PSYCHOLOGIE COGNITIVE-CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY OF COGNITION
ISSN journal
02499185 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1229 - 1235
Database
ISI
SICI code
0249-9185(199812)17:6<1229:SSALIE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Hypothetically, evolution of the human language map (the speechmap) was con nected with the human mating map (the lovemap), by way of the musicmap (the songmap) as the connecting bridge. The hypothetical evolutionary sequence began with emancipation from quadrupedal to bipedal locomotion, which in tu rn emancipated mating and breeding from biorobotic dependency on the male n ose and the pheromone secreting vagina of the estrous female as the organs of erotic attraction and arousal. In parallel with upright locomotion, smel ls and the nose were taken over by the eyes and contrectative (skin) senses as the organs of erotic attraction and arousal, especially in the lovemap of the human species. Together with other brainmind maps, the human visual and contrectative lovemap became evolutionarily emancipated from strict bio robotic control, in particular cyclic hormonal control. Concomitant emancip ation of the songmap and the vocal signaling map was linked to the lovemap through mating and courtship calls. Hence the poetic evolutionary speculati on that the first human speech was a love song and maybe also a lullaby. Wi thout evolutionary emancipation of the songmap as well as the vocal signali ng map From biorobotic control, the brainmapping system would not have been flexible enough for the evolution of the speechmap. Overall flexibility co uld not be attained without, in addition, evolution of the biorobotic quadr upedal mating map into the emancipated bipedal lovemap. This is an importan t concept in evolutionary sexology for it opens a window of explanation on why human lovemaps are so variably idiosyncratic, to the point of being kin ky, in legal terminology perverted, and in biomedical terminology paraphili c, even to the extent of being nonprocreative.