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Call cultures in orang-utans?
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Wich Serge A, Krützen Michael, Lameira Adriano R, Nater Alexander, Arora Natasha, Bastian Meredith L, Meulman Ellen, Morrogh-Bernard Helen C, Atmoko S Suci Utami, Pamungkas Joko, Perwitasari-Farajallah Dyah, Hardus Madeleine E, van Noordwijk Maria, van Schaik Carel P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Several studies suggested great ape cultures, arguing that human cumulative culture presumably evolved from such a foundation. These focused on conspicuous behaviours, and showed rich geographic variation, which could not be attributed to known ecological or genetic differences. Although geographic variation within call types (accents) has previously been reported for orang-utans and other primate...
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