Chapter
Traditions in Animals
Abstract
Development of the behavioral repertoires of animals is often affected by interaction with conspecifics. Consequently, innovative behaviors can spread through a population and result in stable differences in the behavioral repertoires of geographically separate populations of a species. Although traditions in animals and culture in humans serve similar functions, they often result from quite different underlying behavioral processes. Humans …
Authors
Galef BG
Book title
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
Pagination
pp. 12-15
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2006
DOI
10.1016/b0-08-044854-2/00810-5