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Traditions in Animals
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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

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