Hal Whitehead

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Hal Whitehead

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Hal Whitehead is a professor at Dalhousie University in Canada.

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Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans

There are strong evidence that clans, culture, and dialects are not unique to humans.

In Science | Human Bridges Project | English

Hal Whitehead has been studying sperm whales for 40 years, tracking their groups at sea from a 40-foot sailing boat and trying to understand their social and cultural lives. He is a professor at Dalhousie University in Canada.

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