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Imitation and cultural transmission in apes and cetaceans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, Scotlanda.whiten@st-and.ac.uk www.chimp.st-and.ac.uk/cultures
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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests imitation is more developed in some cetaceans than the authors imply. Apart from apes, only dolphins have so far shown a grasp of what it is to imitate; moreover dolphins ape humans more clearly than do apes. Why have such abilities not been associated with the kind of progressive cultural complexity characteristic of humans?

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 359 - 360
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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