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Understanding Culture Across Species

CBU number:	5883
Authors:	Byrne, R.W., BARNARD, P.J., Davidson, I., Janik, V.M., Mcgrew, W.C., Miklosi, A. & Weissner, P.
Reference:	Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(8), 341-346
Year of publication:	2004
Abstract text:	Recent claims of culture in great apes have provoked fervent argument about the ìtrueî definition of culture, most of which have been unhelpful. Instead, a range of definitions should be used to explore different aspects of the cognitive processes that together result in human culture, many of which can be productively studied in non-humans. A richer cognitive account of the contents of culture needs to be developed and used to compare animal and human cultures, instead of sterile searching for a cognitive Rubicon between them. Exploring six views of culture points to the fundamental contrast of whether culture evolves as by-product of cumulative change in cognitive mechanisms, or whether it is actively selected for its advantages.
First CBU author:	Barnard, P.
Annual report number:	CBUAR 49
Keywords:	Social Learning, Animal Cultures, Local Tradition, Mechanisms of Learning, Semantic Categories, Inefficiency, Adaptiveness, Cultural Meaning.

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