A unified account of culture should accommodate animal cultures

Andrew Whiten

doi:10.1017/S0140525X1900270X

A unified account of culture should accommodate animal cultures

Andrew Whiten^*

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School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Abstract

Discoveries about social learning and culture in non-human animals have burgeoned this century, yet despite aspiring to offer a unified account of culture, the target article neglects these discoveries almost totally. I offer an overview of principal findings in this field including phylogenetic reach, intraspecies pervasiveness, stability, fidelity, and attentional funnelling in social learning. Can the authors' approach accommodate these?

Original language	English
Article number	e118
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1900270X
Publication status	Published - 28 May 2020

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