Maël Leroux
@maelmleroux.bsky.social
Lecturer @ethos-research.bsky.social, @rennesuniv.bsky.social, France. Interested in the evolution of language. Currently studying non-human primates 🐒 he/they
Absolutely thrilled to have been invited to present my work at the AUBE meeting.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Absolutely thrilled to have been invited to present my work at the AUBE meeting.
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A Paimpont toujours @rennesuniv.bsky.social , mais aussi dans un café des sciences à La Gacilly, Alban Lemasson et @maelmleroux.bsky.social ont présenté leur livre sur la linguistique animale: quand les animaux prennent la parole, aux éditions Apogée #FDS2025
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October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A Paimpont toujours @rennesuniv.bsky.social , mais aussi dans un café des sciences à La Gacilly, Alban Lemasson et @maelmleroux.bsky.social ont présenté leur livre sur la linguistique animale: quand les animaux prennent la parole, aux éditions Apogée #FDS2025
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A Audierne, @maelmleroux.bsky.social à également présenté (et dédicacé!) le livre co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole!, aux éditions Apogée #FDS2025
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October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A Audierne, @maelmleroux.bsky.social à également présenté (et dédicacé!) le livre co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole!, aux éditions Apogée #FDS2025
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Last week, our own @berthetmelissa.bsky.social & @maelmleroux.bsky.social were at the @lasfdp.bsky.social 2025 conference.
First congress as official board members, and Mélissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!
First congress as official board members, and Mélissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Last week, our own @berthetmelissa.bsky.social & @maelmleroux.bsky.social were at the @lasfdp.bsky.social 2025 conference.
First congress as official board members, and Mélissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!
First congress as official board members, and Mélissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!
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It's hard to overstate the impact Jane Goodall had on my life, both in terms of essentially birthing my field, but also her deeply, contagiously humanist (for want of a better word) spirit.
I've never been starstruck in my life except for the two occasions I met Jane, where I could barely talk.
I've never been starstruck in my life except for the two occasions I met Jane, where I could barely talk.
October 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It's hard to overstate the impact Jane Goodall had on my life, both in terms of essentially birthing my field, but also her deeply, contagiously humanist (for want of a better word) spirit.
I've never been starstruck in my life except for the two occasions I met Jane, where I could barely talk.
I've never been starstruck in my life except for the two occasions I met Jane, where I could barely talk.
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A little update of the beginning of this academic year!
New papers, communication, public outreach:
New papers, communication, public outreach:
October 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A little update of the beginning of this academic year!
New papers, communication, public outreach:
New papers, communication, public outreach:
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@maelmleroux.bsky.social organised a symposium on animal linguistics at the @SLE2025 in Bordeaux with the @nccrlanguage.bsky.social, introduced by Philippe Schlenker
October 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
@maelmleroux.bsky.social organised a symposium on animal linguistics at the @SLE2025 in Bordeaux with the @nccrlanguage.bsky.social, introduced by Philippe Schlenker
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Demain, on fait grève ! Pr vous distraire, vous pouvez écouter mon nouvel épisode du podcast Bêtes de science @futurasciences.bsky.social. J'y parle du guépard, l'occasion d'évoquer le @cheetah.org & les études de com' vocale de @maelmleroux.bsky.social : podcasts.futura-sciences.com/futura-betes...
Le guépard a des choses à dire !
Aujourd’hui, direction la Namibie , à la rencontre du guépard ! 🐆 Maître de la vitesse, ce félin élancé fend la savane comme une flèche. Avec ses ...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Demain, on fait grève ! Pr vous distraire, vous pouvez écouter mon nouvel épisode du podcast Bêtes de science @futurasciences.bsky.social. J'y parle du guépard, l'occasion d'évoquer le @cheetah.org & les études de com' vocale de @maelmleroux.bsky.social : podcasts.futura-sciences.com/futura-betes...
July 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Spent a wonderful week in Aurich with Simon Townsend and Katie Slocombe to talk about the next step of the @agencerecherche.bsky.social project #APELANG!
Stay tuned ;)
Ps: meetings in the river = best meetings 🏊♂️
Stay tuned ;)
Ps: meetings in the river = best meetings 🏊♂️
June 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Spent a wonderful week in Aurich with Simon Townsend and Katie Slocombe to talk about the next step of the @agencerecherche.bsky.social project #APELANG!
Stay tuned ;)
Ps: meetings in the river = best meetings 🏊♂️
Stay tuned ;)
Ps: meetings in the river = best meetings 🏊♂️
And we continue on this série with an interview live for CQFD, at the Swiss radio RTS 🙏
With Lucia Sillig!
Thanks for this great experience!
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With Lucia Sillig!
Thanks for this great experience!
CQFD - rts.ch www.rts.ch/emissions/cq...
June 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
And we continue on this série with an interview live for CQFD, at the Swiss radio RTS 🙏
With Lucia Sillig!
Thanks for this great experience!
CQFD - rts.ch www.rts.ch/emissions/cq...
With Lucia Sillig!
Thanks for this great experience!
CQFD - rts.ch www.rts.ch/emissions/cq...
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First were @maelmleroux.bsky.social & @berthetmelissa.bsky.social talking about @edi-efp.bsky.social for the pre-conference workshop!
June 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
First were @maelmleroux.bsky.social & @berthetmelissa.bsky.social talking about @edi-efp.bsky.social for the pre-conference workshop!
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We had @maelmleroux.bsky.social presenting his work on chimpanzee compositionality.
June 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We had @maelmleroux.bsky.social presenting his work on chimpanzee compositionality.
Super happy to share a paper Catia Correia-Caeiro and Katja Liebal were kind enough to invite me on!
An extension of the ChimpFACS for bonobos ❤️
With lots of people involved!
peerj.com/articles/194...
An extension of the ChimpFACS for bonobos ❤️
With lots of people involved!
peerj.com/articles/194...
Adapting the facial action coding system for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) to bonobos (Pan paniscus): the ChimpFACS extension for bonobos
The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a widely recognised coding scheme for analysing human facial behaviour, providing an objective method to quantify discrete movements associated with facial mu...
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June 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Super happy to share a paper Catia Correia-Caeiro and Katja Liebal were kind enough to invite me on!
An extension of the ChimpFACS for bonobos ❤️
With lots of people involved!
peerj.com/articles/194...
An extension of the ChimpFACS for bonobos ❤️
With lots of people involved!
peerj.com/articles/194...
No kidding… such an important message to be heard
Peer review harassment is making early career researchers and minorities leave academia.
👉 Check my last article based on Farid Saleh's work with Raoul Ganty's drawings for @unil.bsky.social
👉 Check my last article based on Farid Saleh's work with Raoul Ganty's drawings for @unil.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No kidding… such an important message to be heard
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Peer review harassment is making early career researchers and minorities leave academia.
👉 Check my last article based on Farid Saleh's work with Raoul Ganty's drawings for @unil.bsky.social
👉 Check my last article based on Farid Saleh's work with Raoul Ganty's drawings for @unil.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Peer review harassment is making early career researchers and minorities leave academia.
👉 Check my last article based on Farid Saleh's work with Raoul Ganty's drawings for @unil.bsky.social
👉 Check my last article based on Farid Saleh's work with Raoul Ganty's drawings for @unil.bsky.social
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It's out! 🎉
Together with @maelmleroux.bsky.social , @chimpsahoi.bsky.social, and S. Townsend, we wrote a chapter on methods for studying animal sequences.
Huge thanks to @limorraviv.bsky.social and @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for editing this amazing volume!
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Together with @maelmleroux.bsky.social , @chimpsahoi.bsky.social, and S. Townsend, we wrote a chapter on methods for studying animal sequences.
Huge thanks to @limorraviv.bsky.social and @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for editing this amazing volume!
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
May 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's out! 🎉
Together with @maelmleroux.bsky.social , @chimpsahoi.bsky.social, and S. Townsend, we wrote a chapter on methods for studying animal sequences.
Huge thanks to @limorraviv.bsky.social and @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for editing this amazing volume!
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Together with @maelmleroux.bsky.social , @chimpsahoi.bsky.social, and S. Townsend, we wrote a chapter on methods for studying animal sequences.
Huge thanks to @limorraviv.bsky.social and @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for editing this amazing volume!
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Et découvrez un extrait du livre (comme par hasard, sur la syntaxe…) ici 👇🏻
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May 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Et découvrez un extrait du livre (comme par hasard, sur la syntaxe…) ici 👇🏻
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theconversation.com/quand-les-an...
Today we were at the radio to talk about our new book with Alban Lemasson! The first of a long series we hope!
May 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today we were at the radio to talk about our new book with Alban Lemasson! The first of a long series we hope!
Merci pour le shout out! 🫰🏻
À écouter, l’émission de ce matin sur France Culture sur le “langage”, le “rythme” et la “musique” des chimpanzés 🙊
À écouter, l’émission de ce matin sur France Culture sur le “langage”, le “rythme” et la “musique” des chimpanzés 🙊
Et un peu de lecture pour finir avec cet ouvrage paru ce mois-ci, par @maelmleroux.bsky.social et Alban Lemasson. Je vous le conseille chaudement ! Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Le langage humain est-il unique ou sommes-nous trop centrés sur nous-mêmes pour penser ainsi ?
Quand les animaux prennent la parole !
Le langage humain est-il unique ou sommes-nous trop centrés sur nous-mêmes pour penser ainsi ? Le langage est un comportement social très complexe qui n'a pas émergé récemment, selon les éthologistes....
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May 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Merci pour le shout out! 🫰🏻
À écouter, l’émission de ce matin sur France Culture sur le “langage”, le “rythme” et la “musique” des chimpanzés 🙊
À écouter, l’émission de ce matin sur France Culture sur le “langage”, le “rythme” et la “musique” des chimpanzés 🙊
It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée:
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A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
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A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
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La culture animale : éthologie et linguistique
<p>Dans Quand les animaux prennent la parole !, publié aux éditions Apogée, Alban Lemasson et Maël Leroux nous parlent du langage animal, bien plus complexe que ce que nous imaginions… […]</p>
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May 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée:
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
Only two weeks left to apply!
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
🚨 Job opportunity 🚨
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social
It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵
Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html
And here 👇🏻
May 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Only two weeks left to apply!
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend!
And spread the word to whoever might be interested!
@efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
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This new #RSOS paper tested the ability of #bonobos to process 'non-adjacent dependencies'. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @maelmleroux.bsky.social @chimpsahoi.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This new #RSOS paper tested the ability of #bonobos to process 'non-adjacent dependencies'. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @maelmleroux.bsky.social @chimpsahoi.bsky.social
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April update of the labs activities - a 🧵
New paper documenting the absence of non adjacent dependency processing in bonobos, including Kanzi!
Nouveau papier sur l'absence de détection de dépendances syntaxiques chez les bonobos : une experience de grammaire artificielle
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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New paper documenting the absence of non adjacent dependency processing in bonobos, including Kanzi!
Nouveau papier sur l'absence de détection de dépendances syntaxiques chez les bonobos : une experience de grammaire artificielle
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
1/4
April 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
April update of the labs activities - a 🧵
New paper documenting the absence of non adjacent dependency processing in bonobos, including Kanzi!
Nouveau papier sur l'absence de détection de dépendances syntaxiques chez les bonobos : une experience de grammaire artificielle
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
1/4
New paper documenting the absence of non adjacent dependency processing in bonobos, including Kanzi!
Nouveau papier sur l'absence de détection de dépendances syntaxiques chez les bonobos : une experience de grammaire artificielle
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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