W C McGrew, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Published online: December 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003332.pub2
Clues to the origins of culture may lie in the diversity of behaviour seen in living large-brained creatures with complex cognition. Comparison across apes, monkeys and other species may help us to understand what is unique and universal about human culture and what is not.
Keywords: primates; culture; tradition; apes; evolution
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