Martin Kuhlwilm

Aug 15, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Martin Kuhlwilm |Federico Battiston |Claudia Fontsere |Cassandra Gunasekaram

AbstractWhile cumulative culture is a hallmark of hominin evolution, its origins can be traced back to our common ancestor with chimpanzees. Here we investigate the evolutionary origins of chimpanzee cumulative culture, and why it remained incipient. To trace cultural transmission among the four chimpanzee subspecies, we built between-populations networks based on genetic markers of recent migration and shared cultural traits.