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Laboratory evidence for cultural transmission mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Louis M. Herman  and
Adam A. Pack
Louis M. Herman
Affiliation:
Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory and The Dolphin Institute, Honolulu, HI 96814 lherman@hawaii.edupack@hawaii.edu
Adam A. Pack
Affiliation:
Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory and The Dolphin Institute, Honolulu, HI 96814 lherman@hawaii.edupack@hawaii.edu
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Abstract

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The mechanisms for cultural transmission remain disputable and difficult to validate through observational field studies alone. If controlled experimental laboratory investigation reveals that a putative mechanism is demonstrable in the species under study, then inferences that the same mechanism is operating in the field observation are strengthened.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 335 - 337
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press