Evidence from sperm whale clans of symbolic marking in non-human cultures
Culture, a pillar of the remarkable ecological success of humans, is increasingly recognized as a powerful force structuring nonhuman animal populations. A key gap between these two types of culture is quantitative evidence of symbolic markers-seemingly arbitrary traits that function as reliable ind...
Published in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Online Access: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-2-1kw0f1y3yoqys8 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201692119 |