Publication: Field experiments find no evidence that chimpanzee nut cracking can be independently innovated
Field experiments find no evidence that chimpanzee nut cracking can be independently innovated
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Koops, K., Soumah, A. G., van Leeuwen, K. L., Camara, H. D., & Matsuzawa, T. (2022). Field experiments find no evidence that chimpanzee nut cracking can be independently innovated. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(4), 487–494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01272-9
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Cumulative culture has been claimed a hallmark of human evolution. Yet, the uniqueness of human culture is heavily debated. The zone of latent solutions hypothesis states that only humans have cultural forms that require form-copying social learning and are culture-dependent. Non-human ape cultural behaviours are considered ‘latent solutions’, which can be independently (re-)innovated. Others claim that chimpanzees, like humans, have cumulative culture. Here, we use field experiments at Seringbara (Nimba Mountains, Guinea) to test whe
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- Koops, Kathelijne
- Soumah, Aly Gaspard
- van Leeuwen, Kelly L
- Camara, Henry Didier
- Matsuzawa, Tetsuro
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Koops, K., Soumah, A. G., van Leeuwen, K. L., Camara, H. D., & Matsuzawa, T. (2022). Field experiments find no evidence that chimpanzee nut cracking can be independently innovated. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(4), 487–494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01272-9
