An Awake article from the late 60s got me thinking about this subject seriously for the first time - yup I know, THE AWAKE! It was about two tribes of chimp on Haiti (iirc). Does any one else remember this article, or have it to hand? The chimps would instigate food-raiding operations on the farms, posting sentries, and creating decoys to keep the farmers guessing. The lookouts would be brought back food after the raid by the other chimps. I couldn't understand how that article got approval for publication, as it raised so many questions challenging to WT views.
My dog understands some simple sentence structures, for example he knows the difference between, "ok, we'll go for a walk in a minute" and "Let's go for a walk" and the same goes with food.
On another board someone brought up Benobo chimps. "They also face one another when mating, with a fair amount of eye contact, (normally an aggressive gesture). The natives who share the forest with these chimps hold them in high regard, say that they taught them sex" (Looee)
Do you think chimps and dogs, in their troops, tribes, and packs, have cultures?
philo