Bonobos get a alot of attention in these kind of debates. Another family of animals that share a lot with strongly bonded nomadic lifestyle described in the art

Bonobos get a alot of attention in these kind of debates. Another family of animals that share a lot with strongly bonded nomadic lifestyle described in the article are dolphins and orcas. Extremely intelligent and social animals and an exclusive group that uses sex recreationally. Many believe that these animals have what we call culture. Different groups eat different things, have different language of whistles, learn different hunting techniques and behave differently, yet have a fairly low branch factor in their genetic lineage. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Understanding-Orca-Culture.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Understanding-O... Quoting the first paragraph: Orcas have evolved complex culture: a suite of behaviors animals learn from one another. They communicate with distinctive calls and whistles. They can live 60 years or more, and they stay in tightknit matrilineal groups led by older females that model specific behaviors to younger animals. Scientists have found increasing evidence that culture shapes what and how orcas eat, what they do for fun, even their choice of mates. Culture, says Hal Whitehead of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, “may be very important to them.” There was a long HN thread on this recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5253176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5253176 It would be interesting to watch what happens if and when they discover an analogue of agriculture.