Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique

Shinya Yamamoto; Tatyana Humle; Masayuki Tanaka

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055768

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Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique

Shinya Yamamoto ,

* E-mail: shinyayamamoto1981@gmail.com

Affiliation Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
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Tatyana Humle,

Affiliation School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Masayuki Tanaka

Affiliation Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique

Shinya Yamamoto,
Tatyana Humle,
Masayuki Tanaka

Published: January 30, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055768

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Title: “Jeff Schweitzer: Tool Use, Culture and Human Hubris”
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Publication: ioL SciTech
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Title: “Chimpanzees 'struggle' with straws - And Finally - Independent.ie”
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