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So how do they do it?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

R. I. M. Dunbar
R. I. M. Dunbar
Affiliation:
Evolutionary Psychology Research Group School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GS, United [email protected] ukwww.liv.ac.uk/www/evolpsyc/main.html
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Abstract

While the evidence that cetaceans exhibit behaviours that are every bit as cultural as those recognised in chimpanzees is unequivocal, I argue that it is unlikely that either taxon has the social cognitive mechanisms required to underpin the more advanced forms of culture characteristic of humans (namely those that depend on shared meaning).

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 332 - 333
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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