{"id":339,"date":"2014-11-05T09:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T09:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolas.claidiere.fr\/?p=339"},"modified":"2014-11-05T09:43:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T09:43:04","slug":"cultural-evolution-of-systematically-structured-behaviour-in-a-non-human-primate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolas.claidiere.fr\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Cultural evolution of systematically structured behaviour in a non-human primate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Download PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/281\/1797\/20141541.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-177\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas.claidiere.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/composite.jpg\" alt=\"Results from the experiment with picture of baboon\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-177\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas.claidiere.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/CultEvolSystStruct.jpg\" alt=\"Article heading\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\"\/>Claidi\u00e8re, N., Smith, K., Kirby, S., &#038; Fagot, J. (2014). Cultural evolution of systematically structured behaviour in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1797). doi: 10.1098\/rspb.2014.1541<\/a><figcaption>&copy; Simon Kirby and Nicolas Claidi\u00e8re<\/figcaption><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Culture pervades human life and is at the origin of the success of our species. A wide range of other animals have culture too, but often in a limited form that does not complexify through the gradual accumulation of innovations. We developed a new paradigm to study cultural evolution in primates in order to better evaluate our closest relatives&#8217; cultural capacities. Previous studies using transmission chain experimental paradigms, in which the behavioural output of one individual becomes the target behaviour for the next individual in the chain, show that cultural transmission can lead to the progressive emergence of systematically structured behaviours in humans. Inspired by this work, we combined a pattern reproduction task on touch screens with an iterated learning procedure to develop transmission chains of baboons (Papio papio). Using this procedure, we show that baboons can exhibit three fundamental aspects of human cultural evolution: a progressive increase in performance, the emergence of systematic structure and the presence of lineage specificity. Our results shed new light on human uniqueness: we share with our closest relatives essential capacities to produce human-like cultural evolution. <\/p>\n<p><strong>In the media:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"BBC News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29914043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News: Baboons may share human ability to build on work of others<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Hufftington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/11\/06\/baboons-share-human-abili_n_6114796.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hufftington Post: The &#8216;Human&#8217; Quality We Share With Baboons<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>In French:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Pour la Science\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pourlascience.fr\/ewb_pages\/a\/actu-la-culture-cumulative-n-est-pas-le-propre-de-l-homme-33498.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pour la Science: La culture cumulative n\u2019est pas le propre de l\u2019homme<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Science et Avenir\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencesetavenir.fr\/animaux\/20141110.OBS4554\/le-babouin-s-ameliore-de-generation-en-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science et Avenir: Le babouin s&#8217;am\u00e9liore de g\u00e9n\u00e9ration en g\u00e9n\u00e9ration<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Radio Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelles\/science\/2014\/11\/05\/001-culture-cumulative-hommes-babouins.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio Canada: La culture cumulative n&#8217;est pas unique \u00e0 l&#8217;homme<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claidi\u00e8re, N., Smith, K., Kirby, S., &#038; Fagot, J. (2014). Cultural evolution of systematically structured behaviour in a non-human primate. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1797). doi: 10.1098\/rspb.2014.1541&copy; Simon Kirby and Nicolas Claidi\u00e8reAbstract: Culture pervades human life and is at the origin of the success of our species. 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