The crow in the room: New Caledonian crows offer insight into the necessary and sufficient conditions for cumulative cultural evolution

Alex H. Taylor; Sarah Jelbert

doi:10.1017/S0140525X20000102

The crow in the room: New Caledonian crows offer insight into the necessary and sufficient conditions for cumulative cultural evolution

Alex H. Taylor, Sarah Jelbert

School of Psychological Science

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Abstract

New Caledonian (NC) crow populations have developed complex tools that show suggestive evidence of cumulative change. These tool designs, therefore, appear to be the product of cumulative technological culture (CTC). We suggest that tool-using NC crows offer highly useful data for current debates over the necessary and sufficient conditions for the emergence of CTC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e178
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000102
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2020

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