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Nature 438, 422 (24 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438422b; Published online 23 November 2005

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Evidence of group learning does not add up to culture

William L. Abler1

  1. Department of Geology, Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA

Andrew Whiten and colleagues' study of group learning, "Conformity to cultural norms of tool use in chimpanzees" (Nature 437, 737–740; 2005), is intended to show evolutionary continuity between humans and other animals, but the authors directly make that claim only for conformity.Jacqueline Zupp, in Correspondence (Nature 437, 1089; 200510.1038/4371089d

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