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The animal variations: When mechanisms matter in accounting for function

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We contend that Ramsey et al.'s definition of animal innovation sensu process may be partially misleading when investigating mechanisms underlying animal innovation. By excluding social learning from the "process" of innovation, they may be reproducing a dichotomous schema that does not accurately correspond to our knowledge of the acquisition of novel behavioral variants. This gives us some reason to doubt the functional specification of the defined process of innovation.

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halshs-00790951 , version 1 (21-02-2013)

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Hugo Viciana, Nicolas Claidiere. The animal variations: When mechanisms matter in accounting for function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2007, 30 (4), pp.424-425. ⟨10.1017/S0140525X07002555⟩. ⟨halshs-00790951⟩
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