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Getting at animal culture: The interface of experimentaland ethnographic evidence in dolphins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Alain J-P. C. Tschudin
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom ajct4@cam.ac.uk

Abstract

While supporting the claim for culture in cetaceans, I suggest thatRendell and Whitehead's argument is potentially incomplete if basedsolely on ethnographic evidence. The notion of cetacean culture canalso be explored experimentally. I hope to complement the authors'assertion by discussing dolphin brain and behavioural researchfindings, thus contributing to a more holistic argument for culturein dolphins.

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Brief Report
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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