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Meerkats provide example of culture in non-humans

Posted by on Wed 7 Jul 2010 - 01:29 — Edited by GreenReaper as of Fri 9 Jul 2010 - 01:20
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Researchers studying meerkats have found different groups follow different traditions that are passed on non-genetically. They noticed that different meerkat groups wake up at different times, and that immigrants adjust to the group's traditional waking hour.

Read more: Multi-generational persistence of traditions in neighbouring meerkat groups

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