Mylène Dutour
@dutourmylene.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher, Behavioural ecologist, animal communication and cognition, mom of 2 amazing kids
@gblackburn.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social A well-deserved recognition for such an impactful contribution. Many congrats!
🚨 Top-downloaded 2024/25: review about the potential additive, synergistic, or antagonistic effects of rising temperatures and anthropogenic noise on avian behaviour and cognition.
➡️ vist.ly/4rxsx
#ornithology #birds #cognition #noise #rising_temperatures
➡️ vist.ly/4rxsx
#ornithology #birds #cognition #noise #rising_temperatures
February 18, 2026 at 6:55 AM
@gblackburn.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social A well-deserved recognition for such an impactful contribution. Many congrats!
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[DOCUMENTAIRE] Il l y a 7500 ans, venus du Proche-Orient, des hommes et des femmes ont ont franchi mers et montagnes et initié une révolution sur le territoire français : celle de l'élevage et de la culture des plantes.
Une odyssée à découvrir dès à présent !
Une odyssée à découvrir dès à présent !
Dans la peau des premiers paysans français - Documentaire en replay Science grand format
www.france.tv
February 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
[DOCUMENTAIRE] Il l y a 7500 ans, venus du Proche-Orient, des hommes et des femmes ont ont franchi mers et montagnes et initié une révolution sur le territoire français : celle de l'élevage et de la culture des plantes.
Une odyssée à découvrir dès à présent !
Une odyssée à découvrir dès à présent !
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An early career researcher asks Nature Careers for advice on what to do when their idea shared in a poster presentation is published by someone else. #Academicsky 🧪
What can I do if my idea has been plagiarized?
An early-career scientist’s idea, shared at a poster session, has been published by someone else. What happens now?
go.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
An early career researcher asks Nature Careers for advice on what to do when their idea shared in a poster presentation is published by someone else. #Academicsky 🧪
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude révèle que les primates arboricoles montrent une diversité de stratégies de descentes verticales, avec des postures redressées, contrairement à d’autres mammifères qui descendent majoritairement la tête la première. 🐒
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👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/po...
February 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude révèle que les primates arboricoles montrent une diversité de stratégies de descentes verticales, avec des postures redressées, contrairement à d’autres mammifères qui descendent majoritairement la tête la première. 🐒
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/po...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/po...
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Les comportements liés au plaisir et à la motivation, sont principalement attribués à des mécanismes neuronaux centrés sur le cerveau. Une étude remet en question cette vision cérébro-centrée de la récompense et met à jour le rôle de l’intestin. 🧠
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Les comportements liés au plaisir et à la motivation, sont principalement attribués à des mécanismes neuronaux centrés sur le cerveau. Une étude remet en question cette vision cérébro-centrée de la récompense et met à jour le rôle de l’intestin. 🧠
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
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New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Studying social transmission using STbayes
Post provided by Michael Chimento. When studying animal culture, it’s important to establish whether novel behaviours or information have spread through social contact, or are rather innovated or p…
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January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
New blog post!!🚨
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪
Read the blog here 👇
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If you feel bad for not having published all the papers from your PhD yet... This paper is the discussion of my thesis, and it took me about 6 years to publish it!
Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!
Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!
🚨New animal linguistics paper🚨
Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy
The alarm call sequences of titi monkeys (genera Plecturocebus, Callicebus and Cheracebus) have sparked important debates over whether they exhibit parallels with human language. Some researchers con...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
If you feel bad for not having published all the papers from your PhD yet... This paper is the discussion of my thesis, and it took me about 6 years to publish it!
Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!
Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!
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A good text to read for inspiration on how to #resistAI bulldozer (in higher education) 💪🏼
Ping @atecopol.bsky.social
Ping @atecopol.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A good text to read for inspiration on how to #resistAI bulldozer (in higher education) 💪🏼
Ping @atecopol.bsky.social
Ping @atecopol.bsky.social
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Les femmes préhistoriques étaient plus mobiles que les hommes, créant des réseaux sociaux plus larges. C’est ce qu’ont découvert des scientifiques en combinant plusieurs méthodes d’analyse de fossiles humains exhumés en France et en Afrique du Nord.
Femmes du Néolithique (2) : les aventurières
lejournal.cnrs.fr
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Les femmes préhistoriques étaient plus mobiles que les hommes, créant des réseaux sociaux plus larges. C’est ce qu’ont découvert des scientifiques en combinant plusieurs méthodes d’analyse de fossiles humains exhumés en France et en Afrique du Nord.
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La faute de nos biais cognitifs, vraiment ? Comment cette notion fabrique l’inaction écologique
La faute de nos biais cognitifs, vraiment ? Comment cette notion fabrique l’inaction écologique
Les biais cognitifs servent souvent d’alibi à l’inaction écologique, ce qui occulte des causes systémiques essentielles, comme le montre l’exemple des océans.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 AM
La faute de nos biais cognitifs, vraiment ? Comment cette notion fabrique l’inaction écologique
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EMPATHY: In a new article out in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how processes like mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here 👉: brill.com/view/journal...
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 AM
EMPATHY: In a new article out in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how processes like mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here 👉: brill.com/view/journal...
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Paper alert ⚠️⚠️⚠️. Check out our last preprint on bird gestures. Great work By Mylene and collegue and my first empirical paper on non-primates :-). Not only do we confirm that the "after-you" gesture is indeed symbolic in tits but we also found that nestlings use this gesture for another function.
New preprint on visual communication!
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture.
With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture.
With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Paper alert ⚠️⚠️⚠️. Check out our last preprint on bird gestures. Great work By Mylene and collegue and my first empirical paper on non-primates :-). Not only do we confirm that the "after-you" gesture is indeed symbolic in tits but we also found that nestlings use this gesture for another function.
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Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3LBPHD0 🧪
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3LBPHD0 🧪
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✨New paper✨
How do juvenile ravens find social groups?
We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
How do juvenile ravens find social groups?
We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
January 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
✨New paper✨
How do juvenile ravens find social groups?
We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
How do juvenile ravens find social groups?
We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698152v1
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698152v1
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Can Artificial Intelligence help us understand what animals are really feeling?
Our group leader @ebriefer.bsky.social explains how we use machine learning to decode animal emotions through their vocalisations in this talk at @oredev.org.
Watch here! 👇
#Bioacoustics #AI #AnimalWelfare #Ethology
Our group leader @ebriefer.bsky.social explains how we use machine learning to decode animal emotions through their vocalisations in this talk at @oredev.org.
Watch here! 👇
#Bioacoustics #AI #AnimalWelfare #Ethology
Elodie Mandel-Briefer - Deciphering animal emotions using machine learning and vocalisations
YouTube video by Øredev Conference
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Can Artificial Intelligence help us understand what animals are really feeling?
Our group leader @ebriefer.bsky.social explains how we use machine learning to decode animal emotions through their vocalisations in this talk at @oredev.org.
Watch here! 👇
#Bioacoustics #AI #AnimalWelfare #Ethology
Our group leader @ebriefer.bsky.social explains how we use machine learning to decode animal emotions through their vocalisations in this talk at @oredev.org.
Watch here! 👇
#Bioacoustics #AI #AnimalWelfare #Ethology
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#Communiqué 🗞️ À 4 ans, les enfants comprennent que les figures masculines détiennent plus souvent le pouvoir que les figures féminines dans les interactions mixtes. Considèrent-ils cette inégalité comme normale ? ⚖️
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👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
January 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
#Communiqué 🗞️ À 4 ans, les enfants comprennent que les figures masculines détiennent plus souvent le pouvoir que les figures féminines dans les interactions mixtes. Considèrent-ils cette inégalité comme normale ? ⚖️
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
New preprint on visual communication!
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture.
With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture.
With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
New preprint on visual communication!
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture.
With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture.
With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🚨 Last week to apply!
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize closes Jan 15.
For recent PhD grads working on #Behaviour, #Cognition or #Evolution.
Winner announced at #CBEN2026. More information here: bsky.app/profile/wend...
Submit now or nominate someone today!
@copan-leiden.bsky.social
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize closes Jan 15.
For recent PhD grads working on #Behaviour, #Cognition or #Evolution.
Winner announced at #CBEN2026. More information here: bsky.app/profile/wend...
Submit now or nominate someone today!
@copan-leiden.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 AM
🚨 Last week to apply!
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize closes Jan 15.
For recent PhD grads working on #Behaviour, #Cognition or #Evolution.
Winner announced at #CBEN2026. More information here: bsky.app/profile/wend...
Submit now or nominate someone today!
@copan-leiden.bsky.social
The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize closes Jan 15.
For recent PhD grads working on #Behaviour, #Cognition or #Evolution.
Winner announced at #CBEN2026. More information here: bsky.app/profile/wend...
Submit now or nominate someone today!
@copan-leiden.bsky.social
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If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - CORVIDATA: A global dataset of morphology, ecology, sociality, and life-history in Corvidae
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
If you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦
doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
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Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
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"Behavioural scientists are increasingly calling for context as a key to addressing pressing problems caused by human behaviour. However, despite its powerful ability to generate contextual hypotheses on the basis of relatively simple rules, ecological thinking is rarely applied to human behaviour"
Behavioural sciences need behavioural ecology - Nature Human Behaviour
Behavioural scientists want to see more consideration of context — so why are they not using tools derived from ecology, the science of all life in context? We invite behavioural scientists to align t...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"Behavioural scientists are increasingly calling for context as a key to addressing pressing problems caused by human behaviour. However, despite its powerful ability to generate contextual hypotheses on the basis of relatively simple rules, ecological thinking is rarely applied to human behaviour"
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Scientists have developed a pair of birdlike robotic legs and feet that can enable drones to catch objects and perch on branches.
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Scientists have developed a pair of birdlike robotic legs and feet that can enable drones to catch objects and perch on branches.
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: https://scim.ag/4pkeHga
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Communication between humans and domestic dogs 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sound symbolism facilitates interspecies communication between humans and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Sound symbolism facilitates interspecies communication between humans and domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Communication between humans and domestic dogs 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...