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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Alain J-P. C. Tschudin
Alain J-P. C. Tschudin
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, United [email protected]
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Abstract

While supporting the claim for culture in cetaceans, I suggest that Rendell and Whitehead's argument is potentially incomplete if based solely on ethnographic evidence. The notion of cetacean culture can also be explored experimentally. I hope to complement the authors' assertion by discussing dolphin brain and behavioural research findings, thus contributing to a more holistic argument for culture in dolphins.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 357 - 358
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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