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🚨 PhD position(s) in human, nohuman primate, and dog cognition! I am thrilled to be recruiting one or more PhD students to join the new Comparative Social Cognition research group, launching next summer at Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences. 1/

Now the dust has settled, I'm overjoyed to announce the completion of my PhD in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology. With it, I've accepted a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Vertebrae Biology, where I'll be focused on the bacteria & bacteriophages in primate guts🦍🦠🧬

New Paper in Current Biology! Chimpanzees across FIVE communities take rapid turns in gesture-to-gesture exchanges resembling human conversational patterns. Language may not be a pre-requisite for fast-paced, coordinated communication in social species sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨New Publication!🚨 We deep dive into the positional behaviour of the Issa Valley chimpanzees, to investigate the selective pressures acting on ape behaviour in an open habitat 🐵🌳 (a 🧵) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

Read a feature on our latest research on Issa chimpanzee positional behaviour, published in American Journal of Biological Anthropology, by MPI-EVA Leipzig: "How chimpanzees adapt to open habitats" eva.mpg.de/press/news/art… GMERC @TracyKivell

Karibu tena (Come again!) ⁦@matthewlewisie⁩ from ⁦Follow Arcus Apes Program at @ArcusApes⁩ who visited us at Issa this weék…lots of W TZ chimpanzee conservation planning on the menu (with a side of ugali!)

Spectacular capture by ⁦Tarun⁩ of an Issa chimpanzee.

youtu.be/-lXLCmUIwf0 Clearly some toddlers do not want their mom holding hands with others....even (and maybe especially!) when it's the famous grooming hand clasp! (capture by F. Stewart)

Examining the material culture of chimpanzees can shed light on the origin of tool use: ow.ly/GOeS50T31Ve #JRSocInterface MPI-EVA Leipzig Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny - UFHB Officiel

📣Check out our new paper 'Genital wounding in chimpanzees: targeted attacks or happenstance?' led by Tony Massaro and Michael Wilson. We compare wounds suffered by chimpanzees across study sites 🧐 link.springer.com/article/10.100… Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group UZH Science

In partnership with Primate Expertise and Indigenous Batwa communities, Wild Earth Allies is working to bolster conservation of Grauer’s #gorillas in and around Kahuzi-Biega National Park. Learn more: wildearthallies.org/what-we-do/gre…

We are hiring! Tenure-track Assistant Professor at NYU in Biological Anthropology, for someone working in areas of non-human primate ‘omics. All new state-of-the-art lab facilities should be ready in early 2026. Job ad and application link here: apply.interfolio.com/153021 Please RT!

🐒🧐 ATTN budding primatologists: I'm recruiting grads this Fall to work with the Kakamega Monkey Project. Seeking interests in sociality & health, aging, development, & life history. See 🧵 for contact & due dates. leakeyfoundation.org/grantee-spotli…

PhD Studentship available I am looking for a student to study the 'Quality and function of affiliative actions in non-human primates' - if you are interested in primate sociality, communication, and relationships, get in touch! findaphd.com/phds/project/q…

Our next grant deadline is the 1st of November! We offer grants for research, conservation and captive care of primates, and encourage applicants across all streams! For more information, check out the grant page on our website. buff.ly/48dv99h

📢📢📢 Apply by 30 November 2024! Join our vibrant research community MPI-EVA Leipzig or UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG! Our Intl. Max Planck Research School The Leipzig School of Human Origins is offering #PhD positions. Interested? Check it out! leipzig-school.eva.mpg.de/application/ap… & eva.mpg.de/career/positio…

Don't miss this great opportunity: The MuT Foundation offers 2 postdoc fellowships for research on great ape behaviour/conservation, w/ or w/o fieldwork. Deadline: 31 Jan. I'm a member of their advisory board, questions welcome! groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wis… groups.google.com/a/g-groups.wis…

🚨Paid research assistant position with savanna chimpanzees in the incredible #MoyenBafing. Come work with us and help us get to know this amazing landscape and wildlife! Deadline November 21, costs covered & small stipend. More details 👉 tinyurl.com/mbchimpjob

Congrats Dr. Chitayat...to be! uva.nl/shared-content…

Signing off here by the end of the year and making the move to where there is more blue. Find us there under a similar name for updates on western TZ chimpanzee behaviour, ecology, and conservation!