Strongest Evidence of Animal Culture

Both philosophers and scientists have long thought that only humans have culture. This idea is now about to be crushed as recent research has found that cultural transmission do take place in animals, including fish, insects, meerkats, birds, monkeys, and apes. One example that may seem a bit bizarre is the recently developed trend among some capuchin monkeys where they poke each other’s eyeballs with their long, sharp fingernails. This behaviour originated among a small group of individuals and has spread over time.
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