Roman Wittig
@romanwittig.bsky.social
Director of Research CNRS
Director of Taï Chimpanzee Project
Scientific director of IRL ChiMP4IC
Views are my own
Director of Taï Chimpanzee Project
Scientific director of IRL ChiMP4IC
Views are my own
The godfather of Jazz in Germany died age 89. My first concert ever was listening to him and his band Passport 1983 in Karlsruhe. RIP Klaus Doldinger
www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik...
www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik...
Schöpfer der «Tatort»-Titelmelodie: Klaus Doldinger ist tot
Er komponierte die Titelmelodien zu »Das Boot« und »Liebling Kreuzberg«, seit 1970 leitet seine Musik den »Tatort« ein. Nun ist der Jazzmusiker Klaus Doldinger im Alter von 89 Jahren gestorben.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The godfather of Jazz in Germany died age 89. My first concert ever was listening to him and his band Passport 1983 in Karlsruhe. RIP Klaus Doldinger
www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik...
www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik...
Come and work with me on the protection of the Taï chimpanzees.👇
Working for and with the chimps at @taichimpproject.bsky.social ... this can develop into a PhD project 🎓
📢JOB alert📢
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
September 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Come and work with me on the protection of the Taï chimpanzees.👇
Congrats to first author Mathilde Grampp and a great team of collaborators amongst: @tozbu.bsky.social @lirsamuni.bsky.social @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social
📢New paper alert 📢
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...
Reciprocal Signaling During Approaches Relates to Close Relationships Within and Between Two Primate Species — Animal Behavior and Cognition
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congrats to first author Mathilde Grampp and a great team of collaborators amongst: @tozbu.bsky.social @lirsamuni.bsky.social @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social
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📢New paper alert 📢
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...
Reciprocal Signaling During Approaches Relates to Close Relationships Within and Between Two Primate Species — Animal Behavior and Cognition
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org
August 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📢New paper alert 📢
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...
I did my undergraduate and Diplom (MSc) in Bielefeld. Super start to really understand the principles of Animal Behaviour. It will be a great start for a successful career ...
Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job
Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University
With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (
www.uni-bielefeld.de
July 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I did my undergraduate and Diplom (MSc) in Bielefeld. Super start to really understand the principles of Animal Behaviour. It will be a great start for a successful career ...
Today is #WorldChimpanzeeDay in memory of the first day that #JaneGodall started her long-term study on the Gombe chimpanzees in 1960. 65 years of following the chimps at the shore of Lake Tanganyika. Today chimpanzees are endangered to get extinct. The Western chimpanzee is critically endangered.
July 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today is #WorldChimpanzeeDay in memory of the first day that #JaneGodall started her long-term study on the Gombe chimpanzees in 1960. 65 years of following the chimps at the shore of Lake Tanganyika. Today chimpanzees are endangered to get extinct. The Western chimpanzee is critically endangered.
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How do broomrapes find their hosts? How can they specialise on different hosts? Enter the astonishing world of strigolactones
. youtu.be/mUp9n_RW2eg?...
. youtu.be/mUp9n_RW2eg?...
Host-specific broomrapes: the role of strigolactone cocktails
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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July 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
How do broomrapes find their hosts? How can they specialise on different hosts? Enter the astonishing world of strigolactones
. youtu.be/mUp9n_RW2eg?...
. youtu.be/mUp9n_RW2eg?...
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Look out for the epic story of Homo sapiens ...
Premieres On September 18, 2025 1AM on PBS: Human. Follow the epic story of Homo sapiens as they outlast other human species and spread across the globe www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/se...
Human
Follow the epic story of Homo sapiens as they outlast other human species and spread across the globe.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Look out for the epic story of Homo sapiens ...
This is what we need: criminalizing creation of disinformation. As Pierre-Henri Gouyon said follow the money lto know if results hold an independent test. Oil and chemical industry will fuel any doubt in climate change and biodiversity loss due to their actions.
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UN rapporteur calls for ban on fossil fuel ads and criminalizing of disinformation
A United Nations expert is calling for an urgent shift away from fossil fuels by the global economy, including a ban on advertisements or promotions, and the criminalization of misinformation from the...
news.mongabay.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is what we need: criminalizing creation of disinformation. As Pierre-Henri Gouyon said follow the money lto know if results hold an independent test. Oil and chemical industry will fuel any doubt in climate change and biodiversity loss due to their actions.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Great work done by @elerolland.bsky.social at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Looking forward to follow ups
Looking forward to follow ups
Les chimpanzés sauvages présentent des liens familiaux sans troubles graves de l’attachement 🐒
✍️ @elerolland.bsky.social
👋 @cnrs-rhoneauvergne.bsky.social @isc-mj.bsky.social
Lire l'article dans @nathumbehav.nature.com
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✍️ @elerolland.bsky.social
👋 @cnrs-rhoneauvergne.bsky.social @isc-mj.bsky.social
Lire l'article dans @nathumbehav.nature.com
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Chimpanzés sauvages : des liens familiaux sans troubles graves de l’attachement
Dans une étude publiée dans Nature Human Behaviour des scientifiques ont id
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July 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Great work done by @elerolland.bsky.social at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Looking forward to follow ups
Looking forward to follow ups
If you want to learn about principles in ecology ... this is your channel !!!
June 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you want to learn about principles in ecology ... this is your channel !!!
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To end this 🧵, a video to illustrate how an evening swim at La Réserve de Nice, in the warm, clear waters of the Mediterranean, filled with a diverse array of beautiful fish & other marine life, was the perfect way to end days at #UNOC3 discussing how to save the world's coastal ecosystems. 14/14
June 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To end this 🧵, a video to illustrate how an evening swim at La Réserve de Nice, in the warm, clear waters of the Mediterranean, filled with a diverse array of beautiful fish & other marine life, was the perfect way to end days at #UNOC3 discussing how to save the world's coastal ecosystems. 14/14
Social engineering includes the oil and chemical industry. Follow the money 💰!!!
Follow the money and think critically, said Pierre-Henri Gouyon during the 60 year anniversary symposium at Branféré, when he explained how the tobacco industry has manipulated public opinion through social engineering, a practice taken over by the pharma industry to plant doubt into the public.
June 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Social engineering includes the oil and chemical industry. Follow the money 💰!!!
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President Macron opens #UNOC3 today with hope for the future of our shared ocean, the High Seas, announcing that 15 more countries have formally committed to join the #RaceForRatification! 🎉We’re looking forward to hearing who those are as we get closer and closer to the 60!
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
President Macron opens #UNOC3 today with hope for the future of our shared ocean, the High Seas, announcing that 15 more countries have formally committed to join the #RaceForRatification! 🎉We’re looking forward to hearing who those are as we get closer and closer to the 60!
Another great paper from the Budongo chimpanzees. Another good reason to support research with money over decades. Thanks to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Budongo Conservation Field Station, Vernon Reynolds, Klaus Zuberbühler and Cat Hobaiter.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Frontiers | Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees
Understanding the cognitive and social foundations of healthcare behaviors in humans requires examining their evolutionary precursors in our closest living r...
www.frontiersin.org
May 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Another great paper from the Budongo chimpanzees. Another good reason to support research with money over decades. Thanks to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Budongo Conservation Field Station, Vernon Reynolds, Klaus Zuberbühler and Cat Hobaiter.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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“Something had been loosened worldwide,” with rage everywhere. We all recognise this rage but Ardern was at the centre, representing progressive politics, tough Covid measures, empathy, emotion, anti-racism, femaleness; a symbol of a different time, more rational, kinder, when rules meant something”
‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America
Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“Something had been loosened worldwide,” with rage everywhere. We all recognise this rage but Ardern was at the centre, representing progressive politics, tough Covid measures, empathy, emotion, anti-racism, femaleness; a symbol of a different time, more rational, kinder, when rules meant something”
When chimpanzee Emma died in Jan 2018 and we were able to extract the first brain of a wild #chimpanzee for postmortem MRI scans, none of us thinking we would find such an arcuate fascicle ... thanks to @lirsamuni.bsky.social who was with Emma to the bitter end 🙏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network - Nature Communications
The arcuate fascicle connection with the middle temporal gyrus has been considered unique to humans. Using high-resolution diffusion MRI, the authors systematically show this connection in chimpanzees...
www.nature.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
When chimpanzee Emma died in Jan 2018 and we were able to extract the first brain of a wild #chimpanzee for postmortem MRI scans, none of us thinking we would find such an arcuate fascicle ... thanks to @lirsamuni.bsky.social who was with Emma to the bitter end 🙏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Another researcher from the Tai Chimpanzee Project talking about his research on @socwithsci.bsky.social: This time @jangogarten.bsky.social from the @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social, who is working with @taichimpproject.bsky.social since 2012.
www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
Jan Gogarten is searching for the next deadly germ (he’s a wildlife disease ecologist) - Socializing with Scientists
Jan was born in Germany, but he grew up in the US: his parents moved after Chernobyl, because their lab Geiger counter showed high radiation levels despite being hundreds of miles from the reactor.&nb...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Another researcher from the Tai Chimpanzee Project talking about his research on @socwithsci.bsky.social: This time @jangogarten.bsky.social from the @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social, who is working with @taichimpproject.bsky.social since 2012.
www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
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🎧 Hear about the real life of evolutionary biologist Cédric Girard-Buttoz. New episode out today!
Work by:
@tozbu.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@mpicbs.bsky.social
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
@romanwittig.bsky.social
#chimpanzees #language
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Work by:
@tozbu.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@mpicbs.bsky.social
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
@romanwittig.bsky.social
#chimpanzees #language
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Cédric Girard-Buttoz learns the language of chimps (he's an evolutionary biologist) - Socializing with Scientists
When he was six years old, Cédric wanted to be Tarzan, following monkeys around the forest and studying their behavior.He has pretty much made his dream come true. Cédric Girard-Buttoz has researched ...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🎧 Hear about the real life of evolutionary biologist Cédric Girard-Buttoz. New episode out today!
Work by:
@tozbu.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@mpicbs.bsky.social
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
@romanwittig.bsky.social
#chimpanzees #language
www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
Work by:
@tozbu.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@mpicbs.bsky.social
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
@romanwittig.bsky.social
#chimpanzees #language
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‼️ PhD opportunity: join a vibrant community working on language evolution @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social please spread widely www.isle.uzh.ch/en/jobs/phd-...
www.isle.uzh.ch
May 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
‼️ PhD opportunity: join a vibrant community working on language evolution @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social please spread widely www.isle.uzh.ch/en/jobs/phd-...
Excellent work by @elerolland.bsky.social and members of the @taichimpproject.bsky.social ... attachment styles in wild #chimpanzees
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...
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...
www.nature.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Excellent work by @elerolland.bsky.social and members of the @taichimpproject.bsky.social ... attachment styles in wild #chimpanzees
Right for the weekend!
99 most iconic moments from Sir David Attenborough. 😍
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99 Iconic Moments From Sir David Attenborough | BBC Earth
YouTube video by BBC Earth
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May 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Right for the weekend!
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Some first news digests regarding the new paper on call combinations and how #chimpanzees create new meaning. This is very exciting to see this finally out. Thanks to a great team.
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
May 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Some first news digests regarding the new paper on call combinations and how #chimpanzees create new meaning. This is very exciting to see this finally out. Thanks to a great team.
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...
Whopper paper ... a must to read to understand the Evolution of Language!
New paper alert 📢 from the @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Chimpanzees combine calls to alter meaning in different ways. #chimpanzees expand messaging by creating new meanings, modifying meanings or adding meanings together. Thanks to a great team for all the hard work.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chimpanzees combine calls to alter meaning in different ways. #chimpanzees expand messaging by creating new meanings, modifying meanings or adding meanings together. Thanks to a great team for all the hard work.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion
Chimpanzees uniquely use diverse combinatorial mechanisms to alter meaning in call combinations.
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Whopper paper ... a must to read to understand the Evolution of Language!
Great collaboration with @nakedprimate.bsky.social and many others.
New paper alert 📢 including data from the Taï Chimpanzee Project: Chimpanzee drumming shows key elements of human musical rhythm with Eastern (P.t.s.) and Western (P.t.v.) #chimpanzees showing different rhythms.
Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation
Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees for communication. Eleuteri et al.
investigate the presence of key elements of musical rhythm and of regional variation
in chimpanzee buttress drumming....
www.cell.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great collaboration with @nakedprimate.bsky.social and many others.