Abstract:
The paper is intended to be provocative and indicative of 10 key issues then facing cultural primatologists: 1. Chimpanzee Culture, Absurd!; 2. Chimpanzee Culture? Of Course!; 3. Culture is Not Behavioral Diversity; 4. Culture Is beyond Social Learning; 5. Tradition Is Not Enough; 6. Culture without Language; 7. Culture Is by Definition; 8. Culture Is Collective; 9. Culture Has Escaped from Anthropology; 10. Culture Is Rich and Complex (But So What?). We must find new and better ways to enhance and to appreciate the overlapping lives of ourselves and other species. Not only must we we allow them to survive, or even make sure that they thrive, but also we must try our best to enable them to live out their varied cultural potentials.