Simulation and social network analysis provide insight into the acquisition of tool behaviour in hybrid macaques.

ABSTRACT: The pathways through which primates acquire skills are a central focus of cultural evolution studies. The roles of social and genetic inheritance processes in skill acquisition are often confounded by environmental factors. Hybrid macaques from Koram Island (Thailand) provide an opportunity to examine the roles of inheritance and social learning to skill acquisition within a single ecological setting. These hybrids are a cross between tool-using Burmese long-tailed (Macaca fascicularis aurea) and non-tool-using common long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis). This population provides an opportunity to explore the roles of social learning and inheritance processes while being able to exclude underlying ecological factors. Here, we investigate the roles of social

SUBMITTER: Reeves JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050919 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature