Much like people, chimpanzees are inveterate conformists whose copycat tendencies enable them to develop cultural traditions, a new study suggests.
MAKING COPIES. New research suggests that chimps copy one another to spread tool-use traditions, such as using plant stems to dip for ants in a nest hole. D. Bygott
Andrew Whiten of the University of St.
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