[UA] [OT] Cultures in animals

[James McGraw]

On the subject of blue-tits opening milk bottles and macaques washing potatoes, here are a couple of interesting websites on the subject of chimpanzee culture:

http://chimp.st-and.ac.uk/cultures/intro.htm
http://www.janegoodall.org/ 

ObUA: If animals can develop culture, what's to stop them from ascending?

james the cat

"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a
really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually
change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again.  They
really do it.  It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists
are human and change is sometimes painful.  But it happens every day.  I
cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or
religion." 
                -- Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP keynote address



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