You have just completed a study of chimpanzee tool use. You noticed that young chimpanzees accompanied females to sites where tools and termites were available, and females practiced termite fishing. Young chimpanzees usually watched their mothers carefully while they made tools and fed. If these chimpanzees grow up to termite fish themselves, you can conclude that this behavior was passed on through which mechanism?

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The fact that the young chimpanzees watched their mothers carefully indicates that they learned through observation or observational learning. This suggests that the behavior of termite fishing was passed on through this mechanism, rather than active teaching, social facilitation, or facilitated teaching.

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