Culture Prefigures Cognition in Pan/Homo Bonobos
This article questions traditional approaches to the study of primate cognition. Because of a widespread assumption that cognition in non-human primates is genetically encoded, these approaches neglect how profoundly apes’ cultural rearing experiences affect test results. We describe how three advan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Basque Country
2010-01-01
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Series: | THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/565 |