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Parallels and contrasts with primate cultural research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Robert C. O'Malley
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4, Canadaromalley@ualberta.ca

Abstract

The types of cetacean cultural behavior patterns described (primarily food-related and communication-related) reflect a very different research focus than that found in primatology, where dietary variation and food processing is emphasized and other potentially “cultural” patterns have (until recently) been relatively neglected. The lack of behavioral research in all but a few cetacean species is also notable, as it mirrors a bias in primatology towards only a few genera.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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