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Giulia Severino
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Primatologist looking for a PhD! 🐒
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nakedprimate.bsky.social
It’s Friday night (somewhere) so settle in for a 🧵that combines fermented fruit, scrumping monkeys, etymology, Larson cartoons, & Gothic art to tackle the enduring mystery of why humans are so astoundingly good at metabolising alcohol!

or read our new 🧪 paper ;)
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August 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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katieacronin.bsky.social
#WorldChimpanzeeDay seems a great time to share 2 #PhD opportunities on creativity in wild #chimps and #bonobos at University of Zurich @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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kathelijnekoops.bsky.social
Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩
nakedprimate.bsky.social Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · Jul 2
📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social

@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
two 4-year PhD positions in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich, and the Wild Minds Lab of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, to study wild chimpanzees and bonobos. The PhD candidates will work within the Creative Ape Project. The overall goal of the project is to enhance our understanding of the evolution of creativity, and to shed light on whether humans are a uniquely 'creative ape'. To do so we will apply a comparative approach, quantifying the creative capacities of wild non-human apes to investigate the underlying drivers that shape creative expression across species. The project explores four interconnected topics: i) Making mavericks, ii) Funny guys and arty-types, iii) Lone ape geniuses, and iv) Creative ape economies. We employ a comprehensive approach that leverages long-term datasets, new field data, detailed manual video-coding, bespoke automated deep-learning models, and advanced modelling, to extract rich information on the ways in which apes solve problems in their daily lives. Excellent collaborative, independent working and time management skills are essential. Previous field experience (incl. behavioural data collection) is required, and experience working in remote places under difficult living conditions is highly recommended. The project will require strong data management and data analysis skills, and 12-18 months of field work split into 2-3 periods. Please submit your application in a single PDF to kathelijne.koops@iea.uzh.ch and clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk – by 4th of August 2025. Feel free to get in touch if you have any inquiries about the positions. Applications should include: 1) cover letter stating your motivation and how your expertise fits the project (max. 1 page), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) copy of the highest degree obtained, 4) names and contact details of two referees, and 5) reprints of 1-2 selected publications A tiny chimpfant looks at the camera with surprise
July 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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meganpetersdorf.bsky.social
Do you have field work experience? Do you want more? Our team wants YOU to manage our field site studying Kinda baboons in Kasanka National Park, Zambia!

Start date is this August 2025 so apply ASAP!

Job ad here: tinyurl.com/KindaBaboon
July 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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simonsfoundation.org
New funding opportunity: We are providing support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in #ecology and #evolution. Deadline is 7/31: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons... #science
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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marspidermonkey.bsky.social
I’m reminded about how Puerto Rico had free-ranging monkeys because the NIH shut down an island colony but didn’t bother to make any long-term plans for them… when the animals stopped getting fed, they swam to the mainland during low tide.
jfallows.bsky.social James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · May 24
"This is what we were voting for!"

From a friend in academia:

>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<

Great work.
May 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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maxplanck.de
#Capuchins are abducting baby howlers. But why?
Zoë Goldsborough, Brendan Barrett, and Meg Crofoot
@mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social discuss what’s behind this novel animal tradition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mooQ... @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social
Capuchin monkeys are abducting baby howlers. But why?
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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May 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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livingingroups.bsky.social
Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)
An illustration of a white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on their back while cracking nuts with a stone
May 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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lazaroillustration.bsky.social
The orangutans and bonobos are the first two illustrations of a series on behavior and movement of animals in their environment. #SciArt
More coming soon! :)
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Illustration of orangutans climbing on trees
May 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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taichimpproject.bsky.social
New paper alert 📢
Young wild chimpanzees from the @taichimpproject.bsky.social show attachment types with their mothers similar to human children. Only they do not display patterns related to disorganized attachment. Read our new paper in Nature Human Behavior

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evidence of organized but not disorganized attachment in wild Western chimpanzee offspring (Pan troglodytes verus) - Nature Human Behaviour
This study of 50 wild Western chimpanzee mother–offspring dyads revealed no evidence of disorganized attachment. Instead, offspring exhibited secure-like and insecure avoidant-like behaviours during t...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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pili-scotland.bsky.social Phyllis Lee @pili-scotland.bsky.social · May 12
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taichimpproject.bsky.social Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 12
Scientific digest of our paper on chimpanzee attachment types of Taï chimpanzees in Côte d'Ivoire in a commentary by Anna Truzzi, Queen's University Belfast. 👇

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May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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May 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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amelinlab.bsky.social
We asked how behavioral diversity & agonistic behaviors relate to group size in wild capuchins. We analyzed >65,000 behavioral scans collected over 15 yrs on 214 capuchins (8 groups) & controlled for # inds sampled. We found behavioral richness, diversity & agonism was higher in larger groups.
April 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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ourprimatepast.bsky.social
Wild bonobos study reveals that females team up to maintain power in their societies
Biologically speaking, female and male bonobos have a weird relationship. First, there's the sex. It's the females who decide when and with whom they mate. They easily parry unwanted sexual advances—a...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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ammiekalan.bsky.social
Happy to have a new piece in @science.org with my friend Lydia where we draw attention to the significance of animal material culture for understanding human technical evolution and why we should digitally preserve and protect primate tools and tool use sites. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Saving the cultural legacy of wild animals
Loss of biodiversity threatens the study of tool use and other cultural behaviors in animals
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April 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Behavioural diversity in animals threatened by #biodiversity decline. In @science.org, @ammiekalan.bsky.social @uvic.ca & Lydia Luncz @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social emphasise the urgent need to develop strategies for preserving animal cultural #behaviour. tinyurl.com/569u66sv & doi.org/10.1126/scie...
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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lazaroillustration.bsky.social
I could not wait any longer to share the finished illustration of bonobos.
Commissioned by @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
#SciArt #mammals #apes #primates #art
Illustration of bonobos walking and climbing
April 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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jacobcdunn.bsky.social
We are delighted to advertise a 3 year fully funded PhD, generously funded by @camphilsoc.bsky.social on the evolution of the mammalian larynx, hosted @angliaruskin.bsky.social

Full details here: findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please pass it on!
The comparative anatomy of the mammalian larynx at Anglia Ruskin University ARU on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The comparative anatomy of the mammalian larynx at Anglia Ruskin University ARU, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://findaphd.com/phds/project/the-comparative-anatomy-of-the-mammalian-larynx/?p183840……
March 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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parlonsterrain.bsky.social
1/2 Parlons Terrain (*Let's Talk Fieldwork) is expanding!

Our group started for French speakers, but now we are welcoming EVERYONE no matter the language you speak!

You have done or will do #fieldwork? You want to connect with others to talk about your experience? Join us!
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March 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM