Agriculture is without doubt a cultural achievement.
No, I really mean migration routes from whales. I think
their migration is partly a learned behavior. Whales have
extraordinary large brains, but how else would a whale
know what the best place to live is? The oceans are huge.
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pamela McCorduck
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Cultural Transmission observed in Whales
I don't know about migration routes as subjects of cultural transmission,
but they're certainly means of cultural transmission. That's how agriculture
spread. On my shelf is a book called "Bound Together: How Traders,
Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization," by Nayan Chanda.
Is this what you mean, Jochen?
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