Processing of novel food reveal payoff and rank-biased social learning in a wild primate
C. Canteloup, M. Biff Cera, B. J. Barrett, E. van de Waal
The paper studies social learning in vervet monkeys, showing they prefer high-payoff techniques and higher-ranking demonstrators, leading to stable behavioural traditions.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2020Animal Behavior & Cognition