Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. www.thepeergroup.org.uk PEER Group research is focused on primate evolution and ecology, with a particular emphasis on vocal communication and the evolution of language.
🚨NEW PAPER🚨 out now in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social "Constraint and convergence in the evolution of vertebrate sound production". Thanks to Christian Herbst, Coen Elemans, and @tecumsehfitch.bsky.social for a great collaboration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Coming to @ecbb2026.bsky.social ? Then get your @asab.org travel grants submitted by June 1st! Fantastic opportunity for support from our brilliant society. See you @angliaruskin.bsky.social in Cambridge!
ASABReminder that a lot of grants are due in little over a week (June 1)! This includes Research grants, Undergraduate Project scholarships and the ECBB Conference Attendance/Childcare/Accessibility grants 💸🏃 www.asab.org/grant-overview
🚨Last chance to submit an abstract for ECBB!!🚨 Deadline 30th April..... Come and join us in Cambridge! For more information about topics, and how to submit, visit our Call for Abstracts page 👇👇 www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe... @ecbb2026.bsky.social
Call for symposia/papers - ECBB 2026 - ARUFind out how to propose a symposium, paper, or poster for the European Congress for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) at ARU in Cambridge, 1-4 September 2026.www.aru.ac.ukEuropean Conference on Behavioural Biology#ECBB2026 Abstracts will close this week! For more information about topics, and how to submit, visit our Call for Abstracts page 👇👇 www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
🚨 New paper alert! "Honestly exaggerated: howler monkey roars are reliable signals of body size and behaviourally relevant to listeners" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We show that formants advertise body size and mediate social interactions in black and gold howler monkeys.