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