What Counts as Evidence For or Against Vocal Culture in Humpback Whales?

The debate concerning the mechanisms that drive population-level song evolution in humpback whales rests on evidence that social learning mechanisms contribute to variations in song elements. In the following dialogue, Eduardo Mercado addresses points raised in support of claims that song evolution...

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Published in:Animal Behavior and Cognition
Main Authors: Heidi Lyn, Eduardo Mercado
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2022
Subjects:
communication
cetacean
baleen whale
cultural transmission
bioacoustics
Zoology
QL1-991
Mercado
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.09.02.05.2022
https://doaj.org/article/7105f38976f04b5694bf512f83b91f02
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Summary:The debate concerning the mechanisms that drive population-level song evolution in humpback whales rests on evidence that social learning mechanisms contribute to variations in song elements. In the following dialogue, Eduardo Mercado addresses points raised in support of claims that song evolution in humpbacks arises from social learning, and Heidi Lyn further challenges the idea that recent evidence argues against this interpretation.

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