國際研究團隊發現，黑猩猩族群能夠吸收族群內的習俗慣例，並保留自己的「多元傳統文化」。研究結果證實黑猩猩和人類一樣，能夠學習新的慣例，並將這些新的「文化習慣」散播到其他群族。
由蘇格蘭聖安祖大學靈長類動物學者主導，研究人員將新的行為模式傳入不同的黑猩猩族群，以求證類似覓食習慣等行為，會透過觀察和學習在族群中傳遞下去的理論。
研究人員發現，經過一段時間之後，不同族群會發展出其特有的文化，而新的習俗也會從一個族群傳播到另一個族群。
科學家也發現，一旦黑猩猩學習到做某件事的方法，例如特有的覓食或使用工具方法，他們有能力將這些新習俗傳達給群族內其他成員和鄰近的群體。
Chimpanzee communities can adopt their own local customs and maintain their own "multiple-tradition cultures," an international team of researchers has found. The study demonstrates that chimpanzees, like people, can acquire new traditions, and spread those new "cultural practices" to other groups.
Led by primatologists at the University of St. Andrews, the researchers introduced novel forms of behavior into different chimpanzee communities to test the theory that behaviors such as foraging habits are passed on by observation and learning.
They found that, after a period of time, unique cultures developed within different communities and new traditions spread from one group to another.
Once chimps have learned a method of doing something, such as a unique way of finding food or using a tool, they have the ability to pass on this novel tradition to members of their own group as well as to neighboring communities, the scientists discovered.
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