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Culture in cetaceans: Why put the cart before the horse?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Bertrand L. Deputte
Bertrand L. Deputte
Affiliation:
Station Biologique, Ethologie, Evolution, and Ecologie, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 35380 Paimpont, Francedeputte@univ-rennes1.fr
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Abstract

Twisting definitions of a concept to serve one's purposes is rarely a fruitful exercise and the demonstration of culture is, necessarily, a two-step procedure: (1) documenting a behavioral difference between populations, (2) demonstrating that this difference has spread through the group by means of social learning. This will avoid putting the cart before the horse.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 331 - 332
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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