Cumulative culture can emerge from collective intelligence in animal groups

Groups of animals tend to solve tasks better than individuals, but it is unclear whether such socially-derived knowledge accumulates over time. Sasaki and Biro demonstrate that homing pigeon flocks progressively improve the efficiency of their routes by culturally accumulating knowledge across gener...

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Autores principales: Takao Sasaki, Dora Biro
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:171c15a8676e410a97382c5cfe03e6ad2021-12-02T14:42:24ZCumulative culture can emerge from collective intelligence in animal groups10.1038/ncomms150492041-1723https://doaj.org/article/171c15a8676e410a97382c5cfe03e6ad2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15049https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Groups of animals tend to solve tasks better than individuals, but it is unclear whether such socially-derived knowledge accumulates over time. Sasaki and Biro demonstrate that homing pigeon flocks progressively improve the efficiency of their routes by culturally accumulating knowledge across generations.Takao SasakiDora BiroNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2017)
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Cumulative culture can emerge from collective intelligence in animal groups
description Groups of animals tend to solve tasks better than individuals, but it is unclear whether such socially-derived knowledge accumulates over time. Sasaki and Biro demonstrate that homing pigeon flocks progressively improve the efficiency of their routes by culturally accumulating knowledge across generations.
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