For centuries it has been believed that culture is strictly a human feat. What if it doesn't? Genes aren't the only factor that makes us become who we are. Culture is also a form of heritage. Culture stores important information, not in the gene pool, but in the mind. What would become of the different species and the individuals that compose them if the elders did not transmit knowledge and skills such as where to find water and food, who we can lean on and who can harm us, how our community is organized, how to communicate through words, song or gestures? How would we embrace the constant changes in our environment if no one transmitted anything to us? Carl Safina, as he did in his previous book Wonderful Minds, once again fascinates us and expands our understanding of the world around us, this time through three cultures of beings other than humans in some of the remaining wild pla...read more
