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Spiders Song, take 2 (Instrumental)

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Can you hear the patterns of evolution? What you are listening to is a sonification of phylogeny — a family tree of life. It is the story of many related species (in this case, 44 jumping spiders in the genus Habronattus) expressed as music.

For a detailed explanation (and an accompanying podcast), visit www.futureecologies.net/listen/fe-5-1-spiders-song (launches July 7, 2023)

Click here for the source code and technical explanation: github.com/bowlneudel/spiders-song/blob/main/README.md

And click here for a video of the patch in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8c7rvGrNko

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released July 7, 2023
Sonification by Mendel Skulski, Dr. Damien de Vienne, Simon Lysander Overstall, Dr. Miriam Quick, Duncan Geere, and Dr. Henri Boutin.

In partnership with Future Ecologies & Lobe Spatial Sound Studio, and with funding by the Canada Council for the Arts

This project was inspired and enabled by the work of Dr. Wayne Maddison: internationally renowned expert in biodiversity, phylogeny, & bioinformatics in general, and jumping spiders in particular.

Data by Dr. Wayne Maddison and Dr. Geneviève Leduc-Robert

Habronattus audio recordings courtesy of Dr. Damien Elias

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