Ecological intelligence in non-human animals: Using tools and biological concept of culture
Corresponding Author(s) : Oscar David Caicedo
AMAUTA,
Vol. 14 No. 28 (2016): Amauta
Abstract
In this article the authors defend that cultural variants and features are present in many nonhuman animals species, understanding the term “culture” as any behavior, customs, habits or behavioral traits, that are social and not genetically transmitted from one generation to the next, excluding the knowledge and skills that individuals acquire on their own. Experimental research being made for
already a few decades, suggest that culture is more widespread in nature than previously thought. Social animals depend on culture to survive, it is precisely this what allows effective survival strategies to pass from one generation to another. Understand why some animals, especially those closest to us, act one way or another in specific situations, can shed light on our own behavior.
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