New data science activity! Check out this R module on calculating and analyzing #grooming and #aggression rates in #chimpanzees, using real data from the Kibale Chimpanzee Project Activity information: sites.lsa.umich.edu/primatelearn... Kibale Chimpanzee Project: kibalechimpanzees.wordpress.com

Cedric Boeckx@cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One of the most thoughtful, carefully-phrased, pieces I have read on the topic: lots of good progress in recent years showing how we may have under-appreciated the structural complexity of non-human communicative signals 🧪 By @tozbu.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social & R. Wittig

Au deuxième tour, c’est quasiment une nouvelle élection qui commence. Nous allons mettre toutes nos forces dans la bataille.

Scientists studying wild sooty mangabeys in Ivory Coast have discovered that these West African #monkeys use sophisticated rules when combining their calls into sequences. Read the full #RSOS paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... @aurianelf.bsky.social @tozbu.bsky.social

Nice first PhD paper of Auriane on combinatitoriality in mangageys. In this study you'll discover the diversity and structure of mangagey call combinations. You want to know what they mean? Stay tuned for the next paper coming up very soon.

Auriane Le Floch@aurianelf.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🐒 My first PhD chapter is out! We describe the vocal sequence repertoire of wild sooty mangabeys and show that they use combinatorial rules. Follow-up paper coming soon 👀 @taichimpproject.bsky.social @cogcompneuch.bsky.social @tozbu.bsky.social 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

📢 We’re hiring! The University of Warwick is recruiting for a full-time, permanent academic position in Psychology, available at either: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🔹 Associate Professor 📅 Application deadline: 5th April 2026

Associate Professor (111338-0226) at University of Warwick

An opportunity for an academic position as a Associate Professor (111338-0226) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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#TheJuice

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please enjoy our research paper on how Bluesky is the preferred home of academics of all stripes, including professors of rare moths. (Yes, we actually have lots of entomologists here). academic.oup.com/icb/article-... 🧪

Lors de cette conférence, Cédric Girard-Buttoz présentera les découvertes récentes sur la complexité du langage des chimpanzés sauvages, nous permettant ainsi de mieux comprendre les origines de notre propre langage 🗣️ 🗓️ 16 mars 2026 à 19h00 - Maison Grenoble Montagne ➕ cutt.ly/TtneEOjA #SDC2026

🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS': uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨

Paper alert ⚠️⚠️⚠️. Check out our last preprint on bird gestures. Great work By Mylene and collegue and my first empirical paper on non-primates :-). Not only do we confirm that the "after-you" gesture is indeed symbolic in tits but we also found that nestlings use this gesture for another function.

Mylène Dutour@dutourmylene.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New preprint on visual communication! Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture. With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n

What enables human language? A biocultural framework

Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...

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Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

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📢 JOB ALERT! Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉 Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening. They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) #bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict

Experimental evidence for delayed contingent cooperation among wild dwarf mongooses | PNAS

Many animals participate in biological markets, with strong evidence existing for immediate cooperative trades. In particular, grooming is often ex...

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We're hiring -- join the Habitat Restoration & Protection Team!

Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt

📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

Marlen Fröhlich@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground! 🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13 🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq Please share! @elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

Marine Le Pen était jugée ce lundi pour avoir assimilé en 2019 une étudiante de Sciences Po à « l’islam radical », au seul motif qu’elle portait le voile. La jeune femme, un temps engagée auprès de l'Union européenne et de l'ONU, a dénoncé devant le tribunal la violence de cette essentialisation.

Marine Le Pen au tribunal pour injure raciale contre une étudiante voilée

La cheffe de file du Rassemblement national comparaissait lundi 10 novembre pour avoir assimilé en 2019 une étudiante de Sciences Po à « l’islam radical », au seul motif qu’elle portait le foulard. F…

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The relevant bit of grump from the quoted post (left). And age distribution of Max Planck directors (right)

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Prepping a lecture on paternal care and revisiting this brilliant 2024 article by Brooke Scelza. Such a good demonstration of the value of an anthropological lens when thinking about the evolution of human family life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The cuckoldry conundrum

Concerns about cuckoldry are a dominant theme in evolutionary studies of mating, frequently used to explain sex differences in reproductive strategies. However, studies in nonhuman species have shown...

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🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology! The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik). 📍 Location: Oslo, Norway 🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025 🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...

Check out new paper led by @jackmanera.bsky.social on impacts of noise pollution. @monashscience.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab

Behavioral Ecology@behavecol.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Boat noise alters individual behaviors but not communication between partners in a fish-shrimp mutualism #NoisePollution #SpeciesInteraction doi.org/10.1093/behe...

Link to report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

There's a field of writing on philosophical issues in animal cognition that is dedicated to reconceptualising established philosophical ideas.

worms cited@christa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The way analytic philosophers take however an issue is first conceptualized as immovable goalposts, never consider an alternative, and just toggle parameters within it til kingdom come makes me fucking depressed

#animalcommunication A different view on #acoustic #signals used as part of #animal #contests - after rather than before or during the fight. #birds #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Andy Radford@andyradford.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#Conflict is rife in the natural world & lots of animals use #vocal #signals before & during #contests. But what about in their aftermath? Wonder no more - read our #review on post-contest acoustic signalling: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @josharbon.bsky.social #AmyMorris-Drake @bristolbiosci.bsky.social