Chiara Pertile
@chiarapertile.bsky.social
Philosophy of Biology
University of Bordeaux | Milan
University of Bordeaux | Milan
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A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
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#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE
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In October 2016, I filmed this wild New Caledonian crow making a probe tool to extract beetle larvae from candlenut trees.
It carefully trimmed the leaves and ends, testing its grip a few times, then flew off to use the tool. A well planned heist.
📽️ west of Mont Do, New Caledonia 🧪🪶🏺
It carefully trimmed the leaves and ends, testing its grip a few times, then flew off to use the tool. A well planned heist.
📽️ west of Mont Do, New Caledonia 🧪🪶🏺
December 24, 2024 at 1:18 PM
In October 2016, I filmed this wild New Caledonian crow making a probe tool to extract beetle larvae from candlenut trees.
It carefully trimmed the leaves and ends, testing its grip a few times, then flew off to use the tool. A well planned heist.
📽️ west of Mont Do, New Caledonia 🧪🪶🏺
It carefully trimmed the leaves and ends, testing its grip a few times, then flew off to use the tool. A well planned heist.
📽️ west of Mont Do, New Caledonia 🧪🪶🏺
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Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Mapping nonhuman cultures with the Animal Culture Database
www.nature.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our workshop “Perspectives on Human Variation: Philosophy Meets Evolutionary Anthropology” has begun! @andrameneganzin.bsky.social opened by outlining the core problem space & the interdisciplinary links we aim to build to better understand human variation, past & present. #HPS #evobio #paleosky
June 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Our workshop “Perspectives on Human Variation: Philosophy Meets Evolutionary Anthropology” has begun! @andrameneganzin.bsky.social opened by outlining the core problem space & the interdisciplinary links we aim to build to better understand human variation, past & present. #HPS #evobio #paleosky
The #PhilInBioMed Summer School has started!
Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine.
@philinbiomed.bsky.social
👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...
#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool
Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine.
@philinbiomed.bsky.social
👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...
#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool
June 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The #PhilInBioMed Summer School has started!
Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine.
@philinbiomed.bsky.social
👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...
#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool
Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine.
@philinbiomed.bsky.social
👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...
#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool
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Greetings from Bordeaux! Here, we will keep you updated on events, publications and everything else of interest for the PhilInBioMed-Community.
February 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Greetings from Bordeaux! Here, we will keep you updated on events, publications and everything else of interest for the PhilInBioMed-Community.
Extremely honored and happy to have attended this incredible conference—see you next year!
The Culture Conference 2025 is (already) finished after 2 days of amazing discussions!
Thank you to everybody for attending and presenting, either online or in person!
We hope you spent 2 wonderful and exciting days in Utrecht, full of (social) learning and fascinating science discussions 🥳
Thank you to everybody for attending and presenting, either online or in person!
We hope you spent 2 wonderful and exciting days in Utrecht, full of (social) learning and fascinating science discussions 🥳
February 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Extremely honored and happy to have attended this incredible conference—see you next year!
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No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...
The edge of sentience: risk and precaution in humans, other animals, and AI
6.30pm Tue 3 Dec | Jonathan Birch | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:06 AM
No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...
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Part of an exciting special feature celebrating 50 years of quantitative cultural evolution!
Check out the rest here: bit.ly/CulturalEvolution
Check out the rest here: bit.ly/CulturalEvolution
November 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Part of an exciting special feature celebrating 50 years of quantitative cultural evolution!
Check out the rest here: bit.ly/CulturalEvolution
Check out the rest here: bit.ly/CulturalEvolution
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Announcement! The next @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social CES conference will be at UM6P in Rabat, Morocco, provisional dates 11-13th May 2026! Hosted by Mathieu Charbonneau, @sarahalami.bsky.social, @zhgarfield.com & @edseabright.bsky.social. Save the dates!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference Announced - Cultural Evolution Society
culturalevolutionsociety.org
November 15, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Announcement! The next @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social CES conference will be at UM6P in Rabat, Morocco, provisional dates 11-13th May 2026! Hosted by Mathieu Charbonneau, @sarahalami.bsky.social, @zhgarfield.com & @edseabright.bsky.social. Save the dates!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...