Can culture be inferred only from the absence of genetic and environmentalactors?

Authors
Ripoll, T Vauclair, J
Citation
T. Ripoll et J. Vauclair, Can culture be inferred only from the absence of genetic and environmentalactors?, BEHAV BRAIN, 24(2), 2001, pp. 355
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0140525X → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(200104)24:2<355:CCBIOF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Rendell & Whitehead's minimalist definition of culture does not allow for t he important gaps between cetaceans and humans. A more complete analysis re veals important discontinuities that may be more instructive for comparativ e purposes than the continuities emphasized by the authors.