> Think of elephant matriarchs who may be the only ones to remember where to find water during unusual droughts, or birds and whales that perform long-distance

> Think of elephant matriarchs who may be the only ones to remember where to find water during unusual droughts, or birds and whales that perform long-distance migrations. Some of these species have been hunted to near extinction, causing severe losses of diversity, cultural as well as genetic. The original meaning of "meme" equated cultural snippets to genes. This seems to be a confirmation of the validity of that way of thinking about cultural ideas.