Claudio Tennie
@ctennie.bsky.social
Group Leader, Uni Tübingen | Humans, hominins, and apes | Evolution of human cultural evolution
-> When and how did we get from ape-like cultures to deep, broad & open-ended cultural evolution?
https://sites.google.com/view/claudiotennie
-> When and how did we get from ape-like cultures to deep, broad & open-ended cultural evolution?
https://sites.google.com/view/claudiotennie
Hi. I just tried to enter the submission system, but when I click on the "confirm email" I get the attached.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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You were not kidding when you said it's like doorstopper size, @jeremykendal.bsky.social :-)
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
You were not kidding when you said it's like doorstopper size, @jeremykendal.bsky.social :-)
🪨 🛠️ news:
"we propose that distinctive early Acheulean artifact forms may have arisen as *secondary accommodations* to the primary goal of increasing tool size"
New empirical paper by Stout et al. argues heavily against culturally transmitted early Acheulean forms.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
"we propose that distinctive early Acheulean artifact forms may have arisen as *secondary accommodations* to the primary goal of increasing tool size"
New empirical paper by Stout et al. argues heavily against culturally transmitted early Acheulean forms.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🪨 🛠️ news:
"we propose that distinctive early Acheulean artifact forms may have arisen as *secondary accommodations* to the primary goal of increasing tool size"
New empirical paper by Stout et al. argues heavily against culturally transmitted early Acheulean forms.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
"we propose that distinctive early Acheulean artifact forms may have arisen as *secondary accommodations* to the primary goal of increasing tool size"
New empirical paper by Stout et al. argues heavily against culturally transmitted early Acheulean forms.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Surely anatomically possible (see pic from just now) but the ape bodies have different proportions & thus different resting affordances - but....
I just also saw another gorilla sitting upright, with crossed arms (failed to get a pic)
I just also saw another gorilla sitting upright, with crossed arms (failed to get a pic)
July 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Surely anatomically possible (see pic from just now) but the ape bodies have different proportions & thus different resting affordances - but....
I just also saw another gorilla sitting upright, with crossed arms (failed to get a pic)
I just also saw another gorilla sitting upright, with crossed arms (failed to get a pic)
A new proposal by Baumard and André nicely frames human culture ecologically - but risks denying that important things must be transmitted in any ecology. As I argue, such a view would not see the trees for the forest. Open-access link (valid till Sept/25): authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNUM3tz49...
July 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A new proposal by Baumard and André nicely frames human culture ecologically - but risks denying that important things must be transmitted in any ecology. As I argue, such a view would not see the trees for the forest. Open-access link (valid till Sept/25): authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNUM3tz49...
Language depends on copying (e.g. of words, signs). And language in turn is needed for many other things.
When and why did our ancestors gain this ability to copy? Our (Ron, Elisa & me) archaeological reanalysis says: in the last million years. Just out:
dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
When and why did our ancestors gain this ability to copy? Our (Ron, Elisa & me) archaeological reanalysis says: in the last million years. Just out:
dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
May 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Language depends on copying (e.g. of words, signs). And language in turn is needed for many other things.
When and why did our ancestors gain this ability to copy? Our (Ron, Elisa & me) archaeological reanalysis says: in the last million years. Just out:
dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
When and why did our ancestors gain this ability to copy? Our (Ron, Elisa & me) archaeological reanalysis says: in the last million years. Just out:
dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Many fields use video coding + interrater reliability. But: how reliable are those reliability tests?
No standards exist for sample size, clip choice, or metrics - a blind spot.
We present BRAVO—a first workflow to improve reliability by restricting coders DOF.
[Paper is OA]
#Reproducibility
No standards exist for sample size, clip choice, or metrics - a blind spot.
We present BRAVO—a first workflow to improve reliability by restricting coders DOF.
[Paper is OA]
#Reproducibility
April 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Many fields use video coding + interrater reliability. But: how reliable are those reliability tests?
No standards exist for sample size, clip choice, or metrics - a blind spot.
We present BRAVO—a first workflow to improve reliability by restricting coders DOF.
[Paper is OA]
#Reproducibility
No standards exist for sample size, clip choice, or metrics - a blind spot.
We present BRAVO—a first workflow to improve reliability by restricting coders DOF.
[Paper is OA]
#Reproducibility
AI is getting out of hand...
What weird fluty-thingy did whatever program dream up here?!
What weird fluty-thingy did whatever program dream up here?!
December 23, 2024 at 11:18 AM
AI is getting out of hand...
What weird fluty-thingy did whatever program dream up here?!
What weird fluty-thingy did whatever program dream up here?!
Program and zoom links here:
October 10, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Program and zoom links here:
Upcoming Workshop - in person & on *ZOOM*: "Stone Tools, Cultural Evolution, and the Emergence of Language"
When: Mon Oct 21st and Tues 22nd, 2024.
Note that the given times are in GMT+11 (Australia location).
Organised by Ronald Planer (thank you!)
When: Mon Oct 21st and Tues 22nd, 2024.
Note that the given times are in GMT+11 (Australia location).
Organised by Ronald Planer (thank you!)
October 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Upcoming Workshop - in person & on *ZOOM*: "Stone Tools, Cultural Evolution, and the Emergence of Language"
When: Mon Oct 21st and Tues 22nd, 2024.
Note that the given times are in GMT+11 (Australia location).
Organised by Ronald Planer (thank you!)
When: Mon Oct 21st and Tues 22nd, 2024.
Note that the given times are in GMT+11 (Australia location).
Organised by Ronald Planer (thank you!)
I love this graphic from Veer
July 24, 2024 at 8:27 AM
I love this graphic from Veer
Naïve, adult, captive chimpanzees do not socially learn how to make and use sharp stone tools
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 20, 2023 at 12:37 PM
Naïve, adult, captive chimpanzees do not socially learn how to make and use sharp stone tools
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...