Animals create their own cultures and pick up traditions from their parents, study finds

Animals are able to develop and have their own cultures and pick up traditions within that culture from their parents, just like humans, according to scientists.  University of St Andrews experts reviewed earlier studies in the field of animal behaviour and interactions created over the past 70 years. They found that animals have consistently shown … Read more

Bronze Age cultures kept and curated human remains as relics over several generations, study finds 

Bronze Age people had a tradition of retaining and curating human remains as relics, and they’d keep them for several generations, a new study has found. A team from the University of Bristol used radiocarbon dating and CT scans on Bronze Age discoveries found throughout the UK dating back 4,500 years.  Among the discoveries were … Read more

Florence Pugh recognized her own ignorance and is ‘truly sorry’ for appropriating other cultures

Florence Pugh says she’s ‘truly sorry’ for appropriating other cultures after admitting to wearing her hair in ‘corn rows’ at age 18: ‘To see change I must be part of the change’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 04:16 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 04:16 BST, 27 June 2020 Florence Pugh has offered a … Read more

Chimpanzees develop their own local cultures and customs by imitating each other, researchers reveal

Chimpanzees develop their own local cultures and customs by imitating each other, researchers reveal Scientists from the Max Planck Institute studied chimpanzee behavior in Africa They used cameras and site samples from more than 40 different locations They found many locations had their own local customs These included different methods of ‘termite fishing’ to get … Read more