I was introduced to the idea of even single cells can exhibit "learning" and "culture" via John Bonner excellent book The Evolution of Culture in Animals.
Instead of thinking in terms of a discontinuity between animals or putting humans categorically different, Bonner builds this idea of a continuum instead for both culture and learning. Of course there are differences,
Instead of thinking in terms of a discontinuity between animals or putting humans categorically different, Bonner builds this idea of a continuum instead for both culture and learning. Of course there are differences,
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691023731/th...
This post of course goes deep in the rabbit hole so to speak.