ANT200Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stone Tool, Pandanus, Kanzi
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The idea of evolution is there is no author; we cannot look at the last chapter, and from there assume what happens in the rest of the book. Learning is not merely pouring a pitcher of water into someone else"s glass. This dynamic has been going on for a long time parallel to biological evolution. Chimps in the tai forest, ivory coast: video 1. Using a stone tool to hammer (very human) Skilled behaviour, took chimps a long time to learn this: video 2. Little chimp picking the nut pieces and eating it. Big chimp is gripping the rock powerfully. Enculturation is very present in chimps: video 3. No evidence that chimps would modify the stones: video 4. Not apparent in all groups of chimps. This has led primatologists that chimps have a culture. There are aspects of their behavioural repertoire that is learnt. We are seeing behaviour that is learnt by their cultural group.
