Homing pigeons share our human ability to build knowledge across generations

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 09:31 in Biology & Nature

Homing pigeons may share the human capacity to build on the knowledge of others, improving their navigational efficiency over time, a new study has found. The ability to gather, pass on and improve on knowledge over generations is known as cumulative culture. Until now humans and, arguably some other primates, were the only species thought to be capable of it.

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