Postdoc at the Indianapolis Zoological Society. Interested in primatology, cognition, anthropology, history, & comparative thanatology.
The Horizon MSCA Postdoc fellowship deadline is approaching: url-shortener.me/OLZ3 If ur a postdoc interested in endangered primate (Barbary macaque) genomics, we (www.plasticprimateslab.com) have a lot data ready to go + more samples on the way! Pls get in touch before 10 August if interested.
Would chimpanzees or bonobos huddle before a penalty shootout in the World Cup? 🐵⚽ In both species, reassuring body contact promotes social tolerance, read more in our new study led by Jake Brooker out now in @royalsociety.org Proc B. (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...) A thread of the main findings 🧵 (1/10)
When it comes to geometric intuition, it'd been thought that there was a line in the sand between monkeys & humans. But baboons can do some amazing stuff when nutritious fruit snacks are on the line! By @krcallaway.bsky.social, feat. @cantlonlab.bsky.social 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/s...
Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as HumansOur geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates.www.nytimes.com
New from me and Alan Leslie! We got the band back together to lay out our view on object representations in the infant mind: non-discursive indexes that operate within a language of thought, & which get development of a more complex object concept off the ground www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Orangutan mothers take orangutan infants to playdates. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Maternal ranging strategies facilitate offspring social play at energetic cost in the most solitary apeIn most vertebrates, social play among peers is considered essential for behavioral development. Yet in solitary species bearing single offspring, opportunities for social play are inherently scarce. ...www.biorxiv.org
📢 @asab.org Conference Attendance Grants for developing country applicants: deadline 1st AUGUST 📢 Up to £2500!!! Joint Winter Conference of ASAB and PSGB: “Social Learning and Culture” @asabpsgb2026.bsky.social #ASABWinter2026 @asab-meetings.bsky.social Full details: www.asab.org/conference-g...
The case for protecting primates centers on "preventing our closest living relatives from sliding toward extinction. This study adds a blunter argument. Where primates thrive, so do carbon storage, clean water, steady soil, the biodiversity of an entire region." #primates #anthropology #conservation
Protecting primates could safeguard entire forest ecosystemsSaving primates, such as monkeys and apes, from extinction could protect thousands of other species that occur in forest habitats.www.earth.com
New episode (1278), with Dr. Paul Pettitt. We talk about human mortuary practices, and other animals' awareness of death. #Anthropology #Archaeology #Science YouTube: youtu.be/u3SxiGtiV90 Podcast: tinyurl.com/3fur3mv7
#1278 Paul Pettitt: Human Mortuary Practices, and Other Animals' Awareness of DeathYouTube video by The Dissenteryoutu.be
🚨🐵 Paid primate work: We are seeking a new camp and research coordinator for the Born To Be Wild Project; Tazekka National Park, Morocco: Details here (sadly due to funding constraints only available for EU, and potentially UK applicants at a push): groups.google.com/a/g-groups.w...
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
A cave in Belize contains teeth from dozens of important Maya people buried elsewhere, which may attest to a ritual intended to ensure their passage to the underworld
Elite Maya people had teeth placed in a cave far from their tombsA cave in Belize contains teeth from dozens of important Maya people buried elsewhere, which may attest to a ritual intended to ensure their passage to the underworldwww.newscientist.com
We have an exciting new position in our group for a PhD on parrot innovation !!! The position will be part of our new @fwf-at.bsky.social Emerging Fields project with @barbaraklump.bsky.social , @mohara.bsky.social , @christophvoelter.bsky.social and Justus Piater. Apply & share!!
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a PhD student and a Postdoc to investigate innovation in corvids within the “Comparative ecological innovation styles” project funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social. More info: barbaraklump.com Application deadline July 24th. Please share widely!
The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H
This campaign needs you nowStop Redundancies at the University of Exeterc.org
🧪 ETHOLOGY: Can chimpanzees keep a beat? 🐒🥁 Brooks et al. report spontaneous rhythmic drumming in a captive chimpanzee, including tool-assisted patterns that vary in tempo and technique, highlighting flexible, structured use of percussion-like behavior in a non-human primate. doi.org/10.1111/eth....
Spontaneous Rhythmic and Tool‐Assisted Drumming Across Variable Tempo and Technique in a Captive ChimpanzeeA captive chimpanzee named Toon performed an unusual long-lasting drumming session using different implements (e.g., limbs and tools) and techniques (e.g., drumstick-on-drum). He drummed faster with ...onlinelibrary.wiley.com
theconversation.com/why-do-male-... Here's a summary of our recent field work studying the accumulative stone throwing behavior of chimpanzees. Thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca for funding this research!
Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? We travelled to remote Guinea-Bissau to find outTo study accumulative stone throwing among wild chimpanzees, researchers hike deep into the savanna-woodland of Boé — a habitat increasingly threatened by industrial mining.theconversation.com