Imitation and cultural transmission in apes and cetaceans

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (2):359-360 (2001)
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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests imitation is more developed in some cetaceans than the authors imply. Apart from apes, only dolphins have so far shown a grasp of what it is to imitate; moreover dolphins ape humans more clearly than do apes. Why have such abilities not been associated with the kind of progressive cultural complexity characteristic of humans?

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10.1017/s0140525x01603960

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