Jim Devine wrote:
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> Charles Brown wrote:
> >> What distinguishes humans from animals is culture.
>
> there was an article in a recent issue of HARPER'S which discussed how
> different groups of apes had different cultures, some more pacifistic
> and others more warlike.

There has been quite a bit of research published in late years on
culture (socially inheritable changes in practice) in apes and even
among some species of monkeys.

The search for a "simple" (one phrase or one sentence) description of
the difference between animals and humans continues to be frustrated.

Carrol


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> Jim Devine

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