Orangutan cultures and the evolution of material culture
Orangutan cultures and the evolution of material culture
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DOI：
10.1126/science.1078004
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发表时间：
2003-01-03
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Merrill, M
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作者：
van Schaik, CP;Ancrenaz, M;Merrill, M
黑猩猩行为某些方面的地理差异被解释为文化的证据。在这里，我们记录了猩猩行为的类似地理变异。此外，正如预期的文化解释，我们发现地理距离和文化差异之间的相关性，丰富的社会学习机会和当地文化剧目的大小之间的相关性，并没有影响栖息地的文化内容。因此，巨猿文化存在，并且可能已经存在了至少1400万年。
Geographic variation in some aspects of chimpanzee behavior has been interpreted as evidence for culture. Here we document similar geographic variation in orangutan behaviors. Moreover, as expected under a cultural interpretation, we find a correlation between geographic distance and cultural difference, a correlation between the abundance of opportunities for social learning and the size of the local cultural repertoire, and no effect of habitat on the content of culture. Hence, great-ape cultures exist, and may have done so for at least 14 million years.