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Cognitive mechanisms matter – but they do not explain the absence of teaching in chimpanzees1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Richard Moore  and
Claudio Tennie
Richard Moore
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/richardmoorecogsci
Claudio Tennie
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.claudiotennie.com
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Abstract

Kline's functional categories for the evolution of teaching blur some valuable distinctions. Moreover, her account provides no answer to the question of why direct active teaching seems to be a uniquely human phenomenon.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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Footnotes

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Both authors contributed equally to this commentary as joint first authors.

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