Among our ancestors, those hominids "dancers" who were able to elegantly coordinate their body movements during ritual dances obtained some kind of evolutionary advantage over those with "two left feet", as concluded by Marcel Zentner and his colleagues at the University de York, who recently published a study on the innate predisposition to dance in humans in the journal PNAS .
Subsequent genetic studies seem to support his hypothesis. Specifically, an investigation released in PLoS Genetics in which the DNA of experienced dancers was compared with that of people who had never practiced dance revealed that only the former showed significant differences in two genes associated with social skills and the ability to dance. communication . In addition, higher levels of serotonin and arginine-vasopressin hormone were detected in the blood of dance professionals. Everything points to the fact that it is no coincidence that these two substances are linked to both dance and well-being, good humor, communication skills and affectivity.
