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
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#voxprimato #bourses
🚨 J-3 avant la date limite d’envoi des dossiers pour une des quatre bourses recherche ou conservation proposées par la SFDP!
Des infos 👉🏽 sfdp-primatologie.net/index.php?pa...
Des questions 👉🏽 info@sfdp-primatologie.net
🚨 J-3 avant la date limite d’envoi des dossiers pour une des quatre bourses recherche ou conservation proposées par la SFDP!
Des infos 👉🏽 sfdp-primatologie.net/index.php?pa...
Des questions 👉🏽 info@sfdp-primatologie.net
Les Prix et Bourses - Société Francophone De Primatologie
sfdp-primatologie.net
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
#voxprimato #bourses
🚨 J-3 avant la date limite d’envoi des dossiers pour une des quatre bourses recherche ou conservation proposées par la SFDP!
Des infos 👉🏽 sfdp-primatologie.net/index.php?pa...
Des questions 👉🏽 info@sfdp-primatologie.net
🚨 J-3 avant la date limite d’envoi des dossiers pour une des quatre bourses recherche ou conservation proposées par la SFDP!
Des infos 👉🏽 sfdp-primatologie.net/index.php?pa...
Des questions 👉🏽 info@sfdp-primatologie.net
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🇬🇧 With this new paper comes, for the first time officially, a new name!
Ethos changed its name! We are now the CSEC! Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition!
🇫🇷 Avec ce papier, un nouveau nom officiel pour la première fois!
EthoS devient CEEC! Centre d’Etude en Ethologie et Cognition!
Ethos changed its name! We are now the CSEC! Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition!
🇫🇷 Avec ce papier, un nouveau nom officiel pour la première fois!
EthoS devient CEEC! Centre d’Etude en Ethologie et Cognition!
We used a dataset collected from observations, playback experiments and predator presentations during my PhD. We conducted formal linguistic analyses derived from this paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The ABC‐D of animal linguistics: are syntax and compositionality for real?
In several animal species, an alarm call (e.g. ABC notes in the Japanese tit Parus minor) can be immediately followed by a recruitment call (e.g. D notes) to yield a complex call that triggers a thir...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:22 AM
🇬🇧 With this new paper comes, for the first time officially, a new name!
Ethos changed its name! We are now the CSEC! Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition!
🇫🇷 Avec ce papier, un nouveau nom officiel pour la première fois!
EthoS devient CEEC! Centre d’Etude en Ethologie et Cognition!
Ethos changed its name! We are now the CSEC! Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition!
🇫🇷 Avec ce papier, un nouveau nom officiel pour la première fois!
EthoS devient CEEC! Centre d’Etude en Ethologie et Cognition!
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🚨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 12:31 PM
🚨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/...
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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!
When #primatology meets #fashion ! Today I am giving a lecture at the amazing Institut Français de la Mode #IFM in how to create meaning without words 🙊
January 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
When #primatology meets #fashion ! Today I am giving a lecture at the amazing Institut Français de la Mode #IFM in how to create meaning without words 🙊
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New publications for a happy new year 2026!
@maelmleroux.bsky.social and colleagues published a new framework for #welfare, #EDI and #ethics in animal research.
Find out more here: A call for CARE!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/3
@maelmleroux.bsky.social and colleagues published a new framework for #welfare, #EDI and #ethics in animal research.
Find out more here: A call for CARE!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/3
A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework
Despite increasing awareness of animal welfare, there are vast discrepancies between legal protections and recommended practices for different species…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
New publications for a happy new year 2026!
@maelmleroux.bsky.social and colleagues published a new framework for #welfare, #EDI and #ethics in animal research.
Find out more here: A call for CARE!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/3
@maelmleroux.bsky.social and colleagues published a new framework for #welfare, #EDI and #ethics in animal research.
Find out more here: A call for CARE!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/3
With a new year comes a new field season for the #APELANG team! Celebrating their first night in the forest 🐵
Welcome to the latest addition to the team @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social 😍
Looking forward to the next 3 years together !
Welcome to the latest addition to the team @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social 😍
Looking forward to the next 3 years together !
January 6, 2026 at 11:09 AM
With a new year comes a new field season for the #APELANG team! Celebrating their first night in the forest 🐵
Welcome to the latest addition to the team @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social 😍
Looking forward to the next 3 years together !
Welcome to the latest addition to the team @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social 😍
Looking forward to the next 3 years together !
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📢 Calling all primatologists 📢
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📢 Calling all primatologists 📢
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
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Alban Lemasson et Maël Leroux étaient aux mardis de l’espace des sciences !
Quand les animaux prennent la parole !
Retrouvez leur conférence en ligne ici:
www.youtube.com/live/io6tAYL...
Et leur livre: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
@espacedessciences.bsky.social
@maelmleroux.bsky.social
Quand les animaux prennent la parole !
Retrouvez leur conférence en ligne ici:
www.youtube.com/live/io6tAYL...
Et leur livre: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
@espacedessciences.bsky.social
@maelmleroux.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Alban Lemasson et Maël Leroux étaient aux mardis de l’espace des sciences !
Quand les animaux prennent la parole !
Retrouvez leur conférence en ligne ici:
www.youtube.com/live/io6tAYL...
Et leur livre: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
@espacedessciences.bsky.social
@maelmleroux.bsky.social
Quand les animaux prennent la parole !
Retrouvez leur conférence en ligne ici:
www.youtube.com/live/io6tAYL...
Et leur livre: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
@espacedessciences.bsky.social
@maelmleroux.bsky.social
Absolutely thrilled to have been invited to present my work at the AUBE meeting.
www.instagram.com/p/DPy7WufDDf...
www.instagram.com/p/DPy7WufDDf...
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Absolutely thrilled to have been invited to present my work at the AUBE meeting.
www.instagram.com/p/DPy7WufDDf...
www.instagram.com/p/DPy7WufDDf...
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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
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
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
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
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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
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
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
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
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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 ...
podcasts.futura-sciences.com
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!
CQFD - rts.ch www.rts.ch/emissions/cq...
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...
peerj.com
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...