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> What is demonstrated by similarity of behavior is similarity of
> environment and species.
>
> _How_ that is encoded is important, but I don't think it is Memetics.
Japanese people burp after a good meal to show that they liked it.
That we usually don't do this is a result of our culture and not of
differences
between species or environments. And cultural transmission (to teach the
child
not to burp) is well Memetics.
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