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New paper by our Simone Anzà Primatenzentrum DPZ Uni Göttingen on how early adversity is associated with altered bacterial gut microbiome in wild macaques into adulthood. Wonderful collaboration with M Heistermann & Göttingen Genomics Lab @DFG_public 🐒Sociality&Health tinyurl.com/2c26r82c

Two more weeks to apply! A fully funded 2 year postdoc on the evolution of fleshy fruits at iDiv Biodiversity Research

New manuscript showing that greater social interactional diversity has propelled American Innovation for much of our history (1850-1940). Max Posch bsky.social Jonathan Schulz papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Join us! We have two fully funded PhD positions available in my @WWTF VRG Group Universität Wien investigating the ontogeny and individual variation in extractive foraging. All info here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Scientific… and jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Scientific… Please RT!

New paper out elifesciences.org/articles/86635 on adolescent growth spurts in bonobos and other primates, which a) rejects the idea of human uniqueness on that and b) shows the crucial importance of scaling laws KLIVV Vienna Domestication Lab Vienna @Jeronobo1 Comparative BioCognition Osnabrück Primatenzentrum DPZ MPI-EVA Leipzig

Per the request of some of my African National Geographic Society colleagues, I've created a living document of fellowships, scholarships, & grants for which African nationals are eligible. Please add to this document and share widely. tinyurl.com/AfricanFellows… #ScienceTwitter #funding

Super happy to share our latest preprint on #cooperation. We found that heterophily in non-social #personality traits and #friendship foster #cooperation . Thanks to all the co-authors. Thank you Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for funding. Faculty of Science, Utrecht University Biomedical Primate Research Centre @AnimBehav_UU biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our latest theory paper thinking about group size and structure in animal societies using insider-outsider conflict theory. Sheng-Feng Shen sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper out! Wild chimpanzees make tactical use of high ground to detect hostile neighbouring groups. PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… warfare tactics of high elevation usage are much deeply rooted than previously thought. CambridgeBioAnth Cambridge Archaeology Cambridge University

Together with Chirag Chittar, Liran Samuni, Jerome Lewis, Henkjan Honing / musiccognition.bsky.social, Emiel van Loon, Karline Janmaat, we found: During foraging trips, BaYaka women are more likely to sing 1) in larger groups with less familiar members, and 2) when they are carrying infants.

NEW paper published in PLoS Biology on the extraordinary behaviour of the Taï chimpanzees: tactical use of elevation in outgroup context. Taï Chimpanzee Project with Sylvain_RT_Lemoine and Liran Samuni journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

New paper out on between group cooperation ... 😲 those bonobos. Great contribution to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation by Liran Samuni and Martin Surbek from Kokolopori Bonobo Research science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Feeling extremely privileged that I get to spend my days in the forest with these amazing creatures. #bonobo cooperation between groups is neither random nor rare and brings us one step closer to understanding our own evolutionary past

【新刊案内】 Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 Years of Research link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… ワンバにおける野生ボノボの研究が50周年を迎えたことを記念して、これまでの研究成果をまとめた本を出版しました。ワンバのボノボの行動生態や、人々の生活に関する研究などをまとめています（編者・古市）

In our new open-access paper (doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…) Journal of Animal Ecology, with Wismer Cherono, @Cini_Gall, Brendah Nyaguthii and Damien R. Farine, we test the information centre hypothesis in the multilevel society of vulturine guineafowl. (1/6)

At a recent conference Athena Aktipis invited me to give a talk on the role of creativity in science. For those interested here are the illustrated slides in tweetorial format. The take home message: Creativity and science go hand in hand. (Thread 1 of 2)

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…

Some chimpanzees, like people, continue social play into adulthood; an activity that helps them better cooperate as a group. Learn more in Current Biology: cell.com/current-biolog…. Liran Samuni, Alex Mielke, Catherine Crockford, & Taï Chimpanzee Project

Social play is not only fun but also has important social functions in #chimpanzee societies, promoting bonding & collective cooperation! Current Biology It is also a behavior that is really a pleasure to document Access it here authors.elsevier.com/a/1k8Me3QW8S6G…