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Validating cultural transmission in cetaceans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Rachel L. Day ,
Jeremy R. Kendal  and
Kevin N. Laland
Rachel L. Day
Affiliation:
Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Madingley, CB3 8AA, United Kingdomrd245@cus.cam.ac.uk www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/laland/seal/rd/day.html
Jeremy R. Kendal
Affiliation:
Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Madingley, CB3 8AA, United Kingdomrd245@cus.cam.ac.uk www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/laland/seal/rd/day.html
Kevin N. Laland
Affiliation:
Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Madingley, CB3 8AA, United Kingdomrd245@cus.cam.ac.uk www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/laland/seal/rd/day.html
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Abstract

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The evidence of high cognitive abilities in cetaceans does not stand up to close scrutiny under the standards established by laboratory researchers. This is likely to lead to a sterile debate between laboratory and field researchers unless fresh ways of taking the debate forward are found. A few suggestions as to how to do this are proposed.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 330 - 331
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press