Does culture shape hunting behavior in bonobos?

Andrew Whiten

doi:10.7554/eLife.62104

Does culture shape hunting behavior in bonobos?

Andrew Whiten

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Abstract

New evidence that neighboring communities of bonobos hunt different prey species, despite extensive overlaps in where they live and hunt, is difficult to explain without invoking cultural factors.

Original language	English
Article number	e62104
Number of pages	3
Journal	eLife
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62104
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2020

Keywords

Culture
Evolutionary biology
Group specific
Hunting
Intergroup dynamics
Pan paniscus
Social learning

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