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Cultural transmission, evolution, and revolution in vocal displays: Insights from bird and whale song

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dc.contributor.authorGarland, Ellen
dc.contributor.authorMcGregor, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-16T18:00:45Z
dc.date.available2020-11-16T18:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractCulture, defined as shared behavior or information within a community acquired through some form of social learning from conspecifics, is now suggested to act as a second inheritance system. Cultural processes are important in a wide variety of vertebrate species. Birdsong provides a classic example of cultural processes: cultural transmission, where changes in a shared song are learned from surrounding conspecifics, and cultural evolution, where the patterns of songs change through time. This form of cultural transmission of information has features that are different in speed and form from genetic transmission. More recently, culture, vocal traditions, and an extreme form of song evolution have been documented in cetaceans. Humpback whale song "revolutions," where the single population-wide shared song type is rapidly replaced by a new, novel song type introduced from a neighboring population, represents an extraordinary example of ocean basin-wide cultural transmission rivaled in its geographic extent only by humans. In this review, we examine the cultural evolutions and revolutions present in some birdsong and whale song, respectively. By taking a comparative approach to these cultural processes, we review the existing evidence to understand the similarities and differences for their patterns of expression and the underlying drivers, including anthropogenic influences, which may shape them. Finally, we encourage future studies to explore the role of innovation vs. production errors in song evolution, the fitness information present in song, and how human-induced changes in population sizes, trajectories, and migratory connections facilitating cultural transmission may be driving song revolutions.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Psychology, 11, 1-11 Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.544929pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2020.544929pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn10.3389/fpsyg.2020.544929
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7831
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFrontiers in Psychology,pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBirdsongpt_PT
dc.subjectWhale songpt_PT
dc.subjectVocal learningpt_PT
dc.subjectCultural transmissionpt_PT
dc.subjectCultural evolutionpt_PT
dc.subjectCultural revolutionpt_PT
dc.subjectLocal dialectpt_PT
dc.subjectSexual selectionpt_PT
dc.titleCultural transmission, evolution, and revolution in vocal displays: Insights from bird and whale songpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage11pt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Psychologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume11pt_PT
person.familyNameGarland
person.familyNameMcGregor
person.givenNameEllen
person.givenNamePeter
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