Investigating success biased transmission, and long-term memory capabilities, in chimpanzees and children : implications for cumulative culture

Cumulative culture denotes the arguably human capacity to build on the developments of our predecessors. Factors such as imitation, teaching and cultural transmission biases have been identified as important for cumulative culture. In this thesis factors with implications for cumulative culture were...

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Main Author: Vale, Gillian Louise
Published: Durham University 2013
Subjects:
301
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.586099