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Primate cultural worlds: Monkeys, apes, and humans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Frank E. Poirier  and
Lori J. Fitton
Frank E. Poirier
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 poirier.1@osu.edufitton.1@osu.edu
Lori J. Fitton
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 poirier.1@osu.edufitton.1@osu.edu
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Abstract

Monkeys and apes, inhabiting variable environments and subjected to K-selection, exhibit cultural behavior transmitted horizontally and vertically, like cetaceans. Behaviors enhancing better health and nutrition, predator avoidance, or mate selection, can affect differential reproduction.Furthermore, dominance hierarchies and social status not only affect the transmission and acceptance of new behaviors but they may also affect genetic inheritance.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 349 - 350
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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