Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Mar 2024
06 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
01
09
2023
accepted:
26
01
2024
pubmed:
7
3
2024
medline:
7
3
2024
entrez:
6
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Culture refers to behaviours that are socially learned and persist within a population over time. Increasing evidence suggests that animal culture can, like human culture, be cumulative: characterized by sequential innovations that build on previous ones
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pubmed: 38448580
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07126-4
pii: 10.1038/s41586-024-07126-4
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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