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Foundations of cumulative culture in apes: improved foraging efficiency through relinquishing and combining witnessed behaviours in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

A vital prerequisite for cumulative culture, a phenomenon often asserted to be unique to humans, is the ability to modify behaviour and flexibly switch to more productive or efficient alternatives. Here, we first established an inefficient solution to a foraging task in five captive chimpanzee group...

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Autores principales: Davis, Sarah J., Vale, Gillian L., Schapiro, Steven J., Lambeth, Susan P., Whiten, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27775061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35953