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Thanks much, Mark --my ineterests are pretty much focused on human brings
so I probably won't get to it (Did read Next of Kin, though).
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Mark M. Mills wrote:
>At 09:38 AM 6/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Do caterpillars do things like 'choosing behaviors', arriving at decisions
>>and judgements? Do apes? I think the issue of whether they have 'culture'
>>hinges on this...
>
>Lawrence,
>
>If you are really interested in this, take a look at "The Evolution of
>Culture in Animals" by John Tyler Bonner (1980). It looks very closely
>issue you raise, do animals 'choose' anything..
>
>Mark
>
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