animal culture
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The process is similar to the spread and evolution of human cultural innovations like language, or a classic example of animal culture, bird song, which can vary from region to region in the same species.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
But the details of technique evolve to differ in different groups as the innovation spreads, a mark of animal culture.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
“This is a golden age of animal culture and nonhuman learning studies,” he said.
From New York Times • May 7, 2021
How exactly the whales are learning from each other is not yet clear, but this study is another step towards a greater understanding of animal culture.
From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2013
Breeding Foxhounds is one of the most fascinating of all the pleasures of animal culture, as the above list, so full of extreme merit, can be traced for nearly a hundred and thirty years.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
