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Sacrileges are welcome in science! Opening a discussionabout culture in animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Christophe Boesch
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Boesch@eva.mpg.de www.eva.mpg.de/primat.html
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Abstract

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The sacrilegious proposition of the existence of cultures in whalesand dolphins should open the discussion of cultures in otheranimals, allowing us to find what is unique in human cultures. Theethnographic approach used by all anthropologists is the key in thisinvestigation and revealed that cultural differences are present inanimals and could result from different learning mechanisms.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press