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Chimps may put their own spin on culture

Chimpanzee populations in the wild may devise and pass on traditions of tool use and communication.

References:

Boesch, C., and M. Tomasello. 1998. Chimpanzee and human cultures. Current Anthropology 39(December):591.

Further Readings:

Milius, S. 1998. Cultural life of whales may cut diversity. Science News 154(Nov. 28):342.

Sources:

Christophe Boesch
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22-26
04103 Leipzig
Germany

Michael Tomasello
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22-26
04103 Leipzig
Germany

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 24, December 12, 1998, p. 374.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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