Human Vs Chimpanzee Culture Analysis

All over the world we see people having some sort of culture from one country to the next country. The traditions that people in different countries can be passed from one generation to the following generation. But do we ever think and wonder that implies to animals such as chimpanzees? Do chimpanzees have culture? Different anthropologists define culture in different ways. Anthropologists proposed two definitions for culture. These two definitions are polar opposites from each other. According to the article “The second inheritance system of chimpanzees and humans” by Andrew Whitman, one defines culture as a solid blockade among human beings and creatures. (Whitman, 2005). According to the “ Culture a Golden Barrier Between Human and Chimpanzee?” by Christophe Boesch, the second defines culture as a creatures living in the community emasculating actions. My definition of culture is that there’s no huge wall dividing humans from other species like chimpanzees. The reason is because no matter what kind of animal, there are part that form culture such as traditions and behaviors that are similar between both human beings and …show more content…
Humans use hand signals everyday. these signals can be simple and very explicit. For example, if person A waves their arm and hand up in the air to person B, then they are gesturing a form of greeting or departure. Another example is that person A is touching and shaking hands with person B. This can also be a greeting or a sign of agreement translating from person A to person B. Chimpanzee have hand signals as well. They use it help each other in according to the article, “The second inheritance system of chimpanzees,” by Andrew Whiten, their is a type of hand gesture that chimpanzees practice commonly everyday in groups of two (Whiten, 2005). In addition, this hand gesture conveys a method of cleaning the fur off each other in chimpanzee’s collective