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Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture
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Geographic variation in some aspects of chimpanzee behavior has been interpreted as evidence for culture. Here we document similar geographic variation in orangutan behaviors. Moreover, as expected under a cultural interpretation, we find a correlation between geographic distance and cultural difference, a correlation between the abundance of opportunities for social learning and the size of the local cultural repertoire, and no effect of habitat on the content of culture. Hence, great-ape cultures exist, and may have done so for at least 14 million years.
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Metadata
- Authors
- van Schaik, C. P., Ancrenaz, M., Borgen, G., Galdikas, B., Knott, C. D., Singleton, I., Suzuki, A., Utami, S. S., & Merrill, M.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2003-01-03
- Volume
- 299
- Issue
- 5603
- Pages
- 102-105
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W1644240647
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- 959
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 52.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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