The last common ancestor with chimpanzees had no cumulative culture

Evidence

Since neither chimpanzees nor any other primate have any significant cumulative culture, it’s a good bet that our last common ancestor also lacked cumulative culture and wasn’t any more cultural than modern chimpanzees. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 918

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even a language-trained bonobo cannot master Oldowan technique — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 927; Faith in cultural inheritance improves survival only in cumulative-culture species — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 358; The boundary between biological and cultural evolution is dissolving — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 493 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Faith in cultural inheritance improves survival only in cumulative-culture species #expands (0.78) — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success, 358
• The boundary between biological and cultural evolution is dissolving #complicates (0.75) — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 493
• Biological race and craniology do not constitute historical unity among humans. #corroborates (0.72) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1269