Is culture a uniquely human creation, or is human culture simply a more
highly evolved form of great ape culture? Social anthropologist Adam Kuper
reviews the arguments that are dividing his field in The Chosen Primate, now out
in paperback from Harvard University Press (£10.50/$15.95, ISBN 0
674 12826 5)
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