Validating cultural transmission in cetaceans

R Day; J R Kendal; Kevin Neville Laland

doi:10.1017/S0140525X01293960

Validating cultural transmission in cetaceans

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The evidence of high cognitive abilities in cetaceans does not stand up to close scrutiny under the standards established by laboratory researchers. This is likely to lead to a sterile debate between laboratory and field researchers unless fresh ways of taking the debate forward are found. A few suggestions as to how to do this are proposed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	330-331
Number of pages	12
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	24
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X01293960
Publication status	Published - Apr 2001

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