Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique

Shinya Yamamoto; Tatyana Humle; Masayuki Tanaka

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055768

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Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique

Shinya Yamamoto ,

* E-mail: shinyayamamoto1981@gmail.com

Affiliation Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
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Tatyana Humle,

Affiliation School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Masayuki Tanaka

Affiliation Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique

Shinya Yamamoto,
Tatyana Humle,
Masayuki Tanaka

Published: January 30, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055768

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Publisher's Note: Corrections to Table 1

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 01 Mar 2013 at 00:25 GMT

In Table 1, the following cells in 'Paired 1' condition should be
highlighted in grey: Pal's first trial, Ayumu's first two trials and
Puchi's second and third trials. During these trials, a participant
observed the demonstrator's "straw-sucking" technique within a
distance of 50 cm. Please click the following link for the modified
table: http://www.plosone.org/co...

No competing interests declared.

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