[MARMAM] New publication: Sperm whale clans and human societies

, cooperation, culture and mobility) and contraindicates others (e.g. tool-making and syntactic language). Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University (hwhit...@dal.ca) ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] New publication: Using culturally transmitted behavior to help delineate conservation units for species at risk

e behavioral databases are compiled and analytical methods are developed. Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University (hwhit...@dal.ca) ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] New publication: Current global population size, post-whaling trend and historical trajectory of sperm whales

estimate than produced by a similar analysis in 2002 is principally due to a better assessment of ascertainment bias. Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University (hwhit...@dal.ca) ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman

[MARMAM] New publication: Adaptation of sperm whales to open-boat whalers: rapid social learning on a large scale?

, large-scale adoption of new behaviour enlarges our concept of the spatiotemporal dynamics of non-human culture. Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University (hwhit...@dal.ca) ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo

[MARMAM] Canadian Wildlife Federation Chair in Large Whale Conservation (Assistant Professor) at Dalhousie University

the position is filled. See: https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/3196 Posted by Hal Whitehead, but direct enquiries to whale.chairsea...@dal.ca ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] Cultural specialization and genetic diversity: Killer whales and beyond

diversity in the killer whale, although culturally-transmitted ecological specialization alone might not be sufficient to fully account for the species’ very low mitochondrial diversity. The process may also operate in other species. Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University (hwhit...@dal.ca

[MARMAM] The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals: Correct URL for paper

The correct URL for this open access paper is: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10293-y Apologies Hal Whitehead The following paper, which has a considerable focus on cetaceans, has just been published: "The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals" by: Hal Whiteh

[MARMAM] The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals

The following paper, which has a considerable focus on cetaceans, has just been published: "The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals" by: Hal Whitehead, Kevin Laland, Luke Rendell, Rose Thorogood and Andrew Whiten Nature Communications 10:2405 (2019) It is Open Access and

[MARMAM] Update to SOCPROG

Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University, Canada ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] Kinship in sperm whales

. Frasier, L. Rendell, H. Whitehead and S. Gero. 2018. Kinship and association do not explain vocal repertoire variation among individual sperm whales or social units. Animal Behaviour 145: 131-140. PDF's of both papers are available at our lab. website: http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/labpub.htm Hal

[MARMAM] Consequences of culturally-driven ecological specialization: Killer whales and beyond

The following paper has just been published: Consequences of culturally-driven ecological specialization: Killer whales and beyond. by: Hal Whitehead and John K.B. Ford Journal of Theoretical Biology 456: 279-294 Abstract: Culturally-transmitted ecological specialization occurs in killer

[MARMAM] Gene-culture coevolution in whales and dolphins

the socio-cultural side of cetacean biology. Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] SOCPROG WORKSHOP

ures, how to use SOCPROG and opportunities for Hal Whitehead and colleagues to help you work with your own data or test data. Cost: Can$600. For more information and to register: http://stay.dal.ca/KxRegistration/Registration/Welcome.aspx?e=E4A986D3881F34005381ACDB78D400C8 Thanks Hal White

[MARMAM] SOCPROG: UPDATE AND WORKSHOP

dual identifications” will be held at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2-5 August 2016. It will include information on concepts and techniques of analyzing animal social structures, how to use SOCPROG and opportunities for Hal Whitehead and colleagues to help you work with your own

[MARMAM] Book: The cultural lives of whales and dolphins

Just published: “The cultural lives of whales and dolphins” by Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell University of Chicago Press 408 pages | 15 color plates, 7 halftones, 4 line drawings, 5 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2014 For contents, blurb, reviews, or to order: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books

[MARMAM] SOCPROG2.5

An update of SOCPROG, SOCPROG2.5 (both compiled and uncompiled versions), is available at *http://myweb.dal.ca/hwhitehe/social.htm http://myweb.dal.ca/hwhitehe/social.htm*. SOCPROG is a series of MATLAB programs written by Hal Whitehead for analyzing data on the social structure, population