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On not drawing the line about culture: Inconsistencies in interpretation of nonhuman cultures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Robert W. Mitchell
Robert W. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475 psymitch@acs.eku.edu
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Abstract

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Defining culture as social learning means that culture is present in many birds and mammals, suggesting that cetacean culture is not so special and does not require special explanation. Contrary to their own claims, Rendell and Whitehead present culture as having variant forms in different species, and these forms seem inconsistently applied and compared across species.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 348 - 349
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press