Copy or innovate? Study sheds light on chimp culture

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by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Chimpanzees in one part of Guinea crack and eat nuts while others declined to do so even when offered tools, research published on Monday found, and the difference could shed light on their culture. As humans, we are said to have cumulative culture: skills and technologies are transmitted and refined from generation to generation, producing behaviours more sophisticated than a single person could dream up. Some […]