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Parallels and contrasts with primate culturalresearch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

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

Abstract

The types of cetacean cultural behavior patterns described (primarilyfood-related and communication-related) reflect a very differentresearch focus than that found in primatology, where dietaryvariation 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 isalso notable, as it mirrors a bias in primatology towards only a fewgenera.

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Brief Report
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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