The evolution of animal 'cultures' and social intelligence

A Whiten, CP Van Schaik - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2007‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Decades-long field research has flowered into integrative studies that, together with
experimental evidence for the requisite social learning capacities, have indicated a reliance …

Convergence of complex cognitive abilities in cetaceans and primates

L Marino - Brain, behavior and evolution, 2002‏ - karger.com
What examples of convergence in higher-level complex cognitive characteristics exist in the
animal kingdom? In this paper I will provide evidence that convergent intelligence has …

Culture in whales and dolphins

L Rendell, H Whitehead - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2001‏ - cambridge.org
Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans.
However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation should change …

Female reproductive success in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.): life history, habitat, provisioning, and group-size effects

J Mann, RC Connor, LM Barre… - Behavioral ecology, 2000‏ - academic.oup.com
This study examines factors influencing female reproductive success in wild Indian Ocean
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Australia. Eighty-three females and their …

[HTML][HTML] Savanna chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus, hunt with tools

JD Pruetz, P Bertolani - Current biology, 2007‏ - cell.com
Although tool use is known to occur in species ranging from naked mole rats [1] to owls [2],
chimpanzees are the most accomplished tool users [3–5]. The modification and use of tools …

[HTML][HTML] Defensive tool use in a coconut-carrying octopus

JK Finn, T Tregenza, MD Norman - Current biology, 2009‏ - cell.com
The use of tools has become a benchmark for cognitive sophistication. Originally regarded
as a defining feature of our species, tool-use behaviours have subsequently been revealed …

The social structure and strategies of delphinids: predictions based on an ecological framework

S Gowans, B Würsig, L Karczmarski - Advances in marine biology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Dolphins live in complex social grou**s with a wide variety of social strategies. In this
chapter we investigate the role that differing habitats and ecological conditions have played …

Social networks reveal cultural behaviour in tool-using dolphins

J Mann, MA Stanton, EM Patterson… - Nature …, 2012‏ - nature.com
Animal tool use is of inherent interest given its relationship to intelligence, innovation and
cultural behaviour. Here we investigate whether Shark Bay bottlenose dolphins that use …

Social evolution in toothed whales

RC Connor, J Mann, PL Tyack, H Whitehead - Trends in ecology & …, 1998‏ - cell.com
Two contrasting results emerge from comparisons of the social systems of several
odontocetes with terrestrial mammals. Researchers have identified remarkable convergence …

Dolphins restructure social system after reduction of commercial fisheries

IC Ansmann, GJ Parra, BL Chilvers, JM Lanyon - Animal Behaviour, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Although human activities are known to affect the social behaviour of group-living animals,
the resilience of animals' social structure to disturbance is poorly understood. In the 1990s …