After an Individual Chimp Learned a New Food-Gathering Technique, the Rest

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After an individual chimp learned a new food-gathering technique, the rest of its group acquired the new skill within afew days. In turn, the newly acquired skill spread to other chimpanzee groups who could see the new behavior.According to the textbook, this is evidence for latent learning.

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