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🚨 New paper Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ! 🚨 Early shark relative Acanthodes is one of few Palaeozoic fishes to preserve the gill skeleton, but its mouldic fossils have proved difficult to interpret. In our paper we try and get to grips with this using CT. doi.org/10.1093/zoolin…

Join me on Episode 9 of the The Paperless Podcast as I chat with Dr. Elodie Freymann from University of Oxford about her groundbreaking research on Chimpanzee Self-Medication in Uganda's Budongo Forest. Don't miss out! linktr.ee/paperlesspodca…

Why foxglove populations are doomed and the importance of thinking about metapopulations. More videos youtube.com/@Bill_Sutherla…

Getting our heads in the game 💪

Several plants eaten by chimpanzees when they are ill or wounded have been found to have medicinal effects, providing some of the strongest evidence yet that our close relatives practise self-medication. newscientist.com/article/243564…

Just finished two inspirational days Euro Evo Devo 2024. An honor to present Tied2Teeth European Research Council (ERC) and to see the always-kind Jaap Saers, the always-cool Alexa Sadier and to meet Frietson Galis! Some of my fave talks: Kim Cooper Alexa Sadier Marketa Kaucka Maud Fagny Thanks #Helsinki!

🚨 Exciting news! The first paper from our project out in IntJPrimatology 🐒 We report positive interspecies interactions between tolerant geladas and olive baboons in an unprotected area in Ethiopia 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼The Leakey Foundation @EthosLabo Full story here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New episode!! 📣📣 A conversation w/ Jonathan Birch about his new book, 'The Edge of Sentience.' Some beings are clearly sentient—primates and dogs, for example. Many other beings might be, but we're just not sure. How should we treat the edge cases? Listen: disi.org/the-space-of-p…

Just came out! Reconstructing contactand a potential interbreedinggeographical zonebetween Neanderthalsand anatomically modern humans doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

"Primate Phenotypes:" 6,000+ 3D scans. Skeletons. Bones. MorphoSource. Go.Collect.Data! #openaccess Project description: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Hot off the press 📢: one of the most surprising and unsettling findings of my PhD. A novel social tradition emerged in the tool-using capuchins of Jicarón island… abducting and carrying the infants of another species. Thread with gifs, videos, and all the bizarre details 👇

🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times LESS accurate than humans. Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.

Chimpanzee Dian (named after Fossey) of the Tongbongbon community carrying her deceased infant in the Nimba Mountains of Guinea 😢Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group UZH Science

A lovely group of collaborators, and such a thought-provoking subject matter. Give it a read! ⬇️

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I'd apply in a heartbeat if I could. Most creative (!) project proposal I've ever read, brilliant fieldwork opportunities, and the BEST supervising team you could wish for! Apply, apply, apply!