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Imitation and cultural transmission in apes andcetaceans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

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

Abstract

Recent evidence suggests imitation is more developed in somecetaceans than the authors imply. Apart from apes, only dolphinshave so far shown a grasp of what it is to imitate; moreoverdolphins ape humans more clearly than do apes. Why have suchabilities not been associated with the kind of progressive culturalcomplexity characteristic of humans?

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Brief Report
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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