Basis for cumulative cultural evolution in chimpanzees: social learning of a more efficient tool-use technique.

BACKGROUND: The evidence for culture in non-human animals has been growing incrementally over the past two decades. However, the ability for cumulative cultural evolution, with successive generations building on earlier achievements, in non-human animals remains debated. Faithful social learning of...

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Main Authors: Shinya Yamamoto, Tatyana Humle, Masayuki Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559591?pdf=render