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Actually, tool usage in primates is a form of culture (protoculture). Those groups that have mastered it can be better of than those that didn't -- giving them
by maze-le 5y ago
Actually, tool usage in primates is a form of culture (protoculture). Those groups that have mastered it can be better of than those that didn't -- giving them an evolutionary advantage. The "tools" can be suprisingly complex, see for example:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110608070200/http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/8_1%20Chimpanzee%20Medicine%20Chest.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110608070200/http://www.uic.ed...
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y agoWhat about birds? https://www.wired.com/2011/01/new-crow-tools/ https://www.wired.com/2011/01/new-crow-tools/
- maze-le 5y agoThat is pretty interesting -- I didn't knew that. I would classify this behaviour also as protocultural.
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y agoWhat about swarm intelligence of ants and bees? Protoculture as well?