Although spider monkeys do not live in rigidly hierarchical social groups but in more socially tolerant communities [19], the pattern of traditions reported here similarly suggests that conformity for community specific behaviors maintain variants and, over large distances migrating females may be poor dispersers of behavior variants.
In the case of the group contrasts studies (Whiten et al. 1999; van Schaik et al. 2003a), social influence was assumed when the researchers deemed it improbable that the patterning of traditions between sites was due to genetic or ecological factors.
This might lead to the expectation that if genetic differences alone are responsible for explaining behavioral variation across sites, patterns of shared traditions would diminish the further apart the communities were, yet we found that geographic distance did not correlate with number of shared traditions.
("The Balance" or "The Middle"), her music carries the plucked modal patterns of Malian tradition toward contemplation and intimacy.
ROKIA TRAORÉ The perpetual-motion picking patterns of Malian tradition get roughed up as kora meets electric guitar and rock drums on Rokia Traoré's "Beautiful Africa" (Nonesuch).
Patterns of local ceramic traditions and their distribution echo these changes, with the homogeneity of ETT TIW pottery breaking down at circa C.E. 1000 1100 and the emergence of more regional variations of ceramic styles and forms found at coastal and hinterland settlements.
These factors, especially taken together, raise the question of whether the existing norms, patterns and traditions of collaboration in various life sciences fields are likely to support or hinder working in large-scale public-private consortia.
Not knowing how many communities an emigrating individual passes by before settling makes it difficult to predict how closely patterns of geographic variation in traditions might reflect patterns of dispersing individuals.
From the managerial point of view, it is important to be aware of previous patterns or traditions; breaking with tradition and being too visionary or, on the other hand, being too traditional can both damage a manager's rapport with others in the organization, with potentially adverse consequences for company performance.
The geographic distribution of traditions may reflect patterns of innovation, diffusion and transmission, which can be affected by factors such as the dispersal of individuals between communities and restrictions imposed by geographical features [6].
