The Ratchet Effect: Why Chimps Can't Build iPhones

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The reason humans have cumulative culture while other primates don't isn't individual intelligence — it's that only humans faithfully imitate AND innovate, so each generation's improvements stick rather than getting lost. Chimpanzees learn socially (they acquire nut-cracking techniques), but the modifications don't…

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