That also might just show that chimpanzees aren't very good at evaluating one nut-cracking technology compared to another.
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It is still interesting that immigrants actually do change their tool habit. Because chimpanzees (and other animals) do not punish or sanction behaviors that deviate from the norm:https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/869459467410210816 …
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Reminds me of my workplace.
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especially when they outside hire a new manager
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Same in human leisure/movement settinghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969976/ …
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Notice it was female chimpanzees that changed their styles upon integrating into the new group. Are males' behavior different about adopting new group's styles?
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Only female chimpanzees leave the group. Also, female chimps have a special role in spreading innovations, through their offspring.
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Reminds me of "Cultural Acquisition of a Specific Learned Response Among Rhesus Monkeys", but I don't know if the experiment has been successfully replicated.https://mimeticmargins.com/tag/cultural-acquisition-of-a-specific-learned-response-among-rhesus-monkeys-pdf/ …
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This explains everything
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Once established in the new group, do they recall the superior method and introduce it or is it forgotten forever?
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