Identification of Learning Mechanisms in a Wild Meerkat Population

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Will Hoppitt ,

* E-mail: wjeh1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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Jamie Samson,

Affiliation Kalahari Meerkat Project, Kuruman River Reserve, Van Zylsrus, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Kevin N. Laland,

Affiliation Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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Alex Thornton

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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