Identification of learning mechanisms in a wild meerkat population.
Vigorous debates as to the evolutionary origins of culture remain unresolved due to an absence of methods for identifying learning mechanisms in natural populations. While laboratory experiments on captive animals have revealed evidence for a number of mechanisms, these may not necessarily reflect t...
Main Authors: | Will Hoppitt, Jamie Samson, Kevin N Laland, Alex Thornton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3414518?pdf=render |
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