Corvid Technologies: How Do New Caledonian Crows Get Their Tool Designs?

Autor: James J. H. St Clair, Christian Rutz, Gavin R. Hunt
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Current Biology. 28:R1109-R1111
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.031
Popis: Summary Recent research shows that New Caledonian crows can incorporate information from researcher-made objects into objects they subsequently manufacture. This ‘mental template matching’ is one of several possible — mutually compatible — mechanisms for the cultural transmission of tool designs among wild crows.
Databáze: OpenAIRE