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

T Ripoll (1) , J Vauclair

1 LPC - Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive

Rendell & Whitehead's minimalist definition of culture does not allow for the important gaps between cetaceans and humans. A more complete analysis reveals important discontinuities that may be more instructive for comparative purposes than the continuities emphasized by the authors.

Domaines: Psychologie

T Ripoll, J Vauclair. Can culture be inferred only from the absence of genetic and environmental actors?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2001, 24 (2), pp.355+. ⟨hal-01441394⟩