Excited to share our new paper in Proc. R. Soc. B! 🐒🪨 We found that wild capuchin monkeys prioritize "social cues" (signs of previous use) over raw material quality when choosing nut-cracking tools. A big step in understanding cultural evolution in primates. #AnimalBehavior #primatology

Finishing abstract submission for @efp2026.bsky.social I'll present data and discuss the capuchin monkey's tool use cultural diversity and conservation! #primatology @neoprego.org #NatGeoExplorer #primatologia

We've had a super interesting talk by Gabriela Oliveira (@neoprego.org) about her research with capuchin monkey tool use in Brasil 🐒🪨🥔🥜🕷

New paper! Material matters: raw material influences stone tool performance in capuchin monkeys 🐒 🔨🌰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @neoprego.org 🧪

Material matters: raw material influences stone tool performance in capuchin monkeys

Identifying the conditions that facilitate and shape tool use is a central focus in the field of human evolution and animal behaviour. Particular inte…

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We are looking for panelists! 🦧 If you are working in community-based conservation, (or know someone who is) apply to speak on our panel at PSGB's 2025 Field Skills Workshop. See 🧵 and video: youtube.com/shorts/YBJLr...

After a lot of work, delays and difficulties, we are almost finishing the new @neoprego.org research base at Serra da Capivara! 🏗️🚧🏠 This base will provide great stability for us to continue doing long-term research on the capuchin monkeys of Serra da Capivara and their incredible culture.

We’re finishing our fieldwork season in Ubajara National Park 🇧🇷, where we collected🩸and other samples from the wild capuchin monkeys we study here. Now we have a lot of samples to analyse from genetics to health indicators. #capuchin #monkey #wildlife #primatologia @neoprego.org

Can you see the snake near the nut-cracking anvil in the first 🌌? That is one of the dangers for capuchin 🐒 when going to the ground to use tools. In our new paper, we describe a snake attack on a capuchin in Ubajara Park 🇧🇷 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @neoprego.org @tati-valenca.bsky.social

Acabamos de lançar os nossos guias de observação se macacos-prego da Serra da Capivara e Ubajara. Os PDFs podem ser baixados no site e distribuídos gratuitamente. neoprego.org/2025/03/29/g... @tfalotico.bsky.social @tati-valenca.bsky.social

This weekend, we had our first CapCult Project meeting at Ubajara National Park. We brought the team from Serra da Capivara to learn about the environment and the monkeys and share information with the local research team.

Ótima repostagem do @reinaldojlopes.bsky.social sobre os macacos-prego e sua cultura de uso de ferramentas. Várias pesquisas da nossa equipe da @neoprego.org são citadas lá. #primatologia #insidenatgeo #ciencia #primates 🧪🐒 super.abril.com.br/ciencia/a-cu...

A cultura dos macacos-pregos

Novos estudos revelam que eles são capazes de comportamentos avançados, como usar ferramentas, preparar insetos antes de comê-los e transferir conhecimen...

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What if you gave stones from around the world to nut-cracking capuchin monkeys in São Paulo? @tfalotico.bsky.social, @tomosproffitt.bsky.social & team tested rocks from Olduvai hominin and Thai macaque sites. Nut stability on the anvil was the key to success 🧪🏺🐒🥜 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🐵A Neoprego está procurando uma pessoa para fazer parte da equipe do projeto CapCult. O projeto é coordenado pelo @tfalotico.bsky.social e é parte do Wildlife Intelligence Project, da National Geographic Society. Veja mais detalhes aqui: bit.ly/neopregovaga2025

Vaga para bolsista 2025

Abrimos seleção para bolsista no projeto CapCult para 2025

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Our “field table” used in the activity of capturing and collecting blood from the monkeys, which we carried out last week. It was the first time we did this type of collection at Serra da Capivara, in this case we want to analyze the DNA of this population with unique behaviors! 🧪🐒 @neoprego.org

I made a starter pack for animal behaviour researchers / ethologists! please share and feel free to self-nominate or suggest others to be added as this is very much still a work in progress and not an exhaustive list 🌍🧪😊 #SciSky #BioSky #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #Ethology go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV

Primate peeps assemble!! Some great starter packs out there, so we figured we join the fun and start one for organisations and fieldsites. Help us find folk & let us know who we missed! 🧪🦊🐒 go.bsky.app/NK7z2st

I'm still adding to this but thought I'd share my starter pack for primatology!

Back to Ubajara National park 🇧🇷. We’re looking for the known inividuals of capuchin monkeys and checking the new guys after more than a year. We’re going to be following them for a long time now, as part of the CapCult project and Wildlife Intelligence Group. @neoprego.org #insidenatgeo

Now is the peak of the cashew season at Serra da Capivara (northeastern Brazil). Capuchin monkeys here eat the apple, and can also open the nuts with stone tools to access the nutritious endosperm! 🧪🐒 #primatology #capuchin #monkey @neoprego.org

Check out these awesome #primate items from @neoprego.org! I just bought a t-shirt & journals.👕📒🖊️ neoprego.printify.me/products (this helps support #conservation research by the Neotropical Primates Research Group: neoprego.org) Obrigado, @tfalotico.bsky.social et al.! 🙏😀🐒🇧🇷🐵🌴

The Captive Primate Safety Act would protect monkeys from the US pet trade. In recognition, we’ll be highlighting ways humanity’s cousins have resisted captivity over the next few weeks, starting with monkey attacks. Chimp attacks get headlines, but monkeys easily win the numbers game. (1/4)

I know we're all up to our ears in political activity, but this bill really matters, and it's the sort that might well die for lack of attention. It would prohibit the private ownership of primates. As the thread says, like many species, primates are cute when they're small, but not so much later.

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The Captive Primate Safety Act would protect monkeys from the US pet trade. In recognition, we’ll be highlighting ways humanity’s cousins have resisted captivity over the next few weeks, starting with monkey attacks. Chimp attacks get headlines, but monkeys easily win the numbers game. (1/4)

Our first video here is the cougar recorded by camera-trap resting on one of the capuchin monkeys nut-cracking sites at Ubajara Park 🇧🇷. This is part of our member Tati Valença PhD project to measure predation pressure on the monkeys’ behavior. #bigcats #primates #natgeo #usp #cienciabrasileira

Congrats @henriquerufo.bsky.social for the best global south presenter award at the #CES2024Durham. 👏🏼👏🏼 @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @neoprego.org

Talking about #capuchinmonkeys at Cultural Conference in Durham #CES2024durham 🐵❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Amazing experience! @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @neoprego.org #ces2024 #clturalevolution #sociallearning

Presenting the CapCult project results to Susan Perry and Kevin Lala at the meeting of the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social in Durham. Nice to meet a lot of amazing people here! #ces2024durham #cienciabrasileira #primatology @neoprego.org

Finally we have Henrique Rufo on innovation, diffusion and generalisation of probe tool use in tufted capuchins #CES2024Durham @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

🐆 Essa suçuarana deitada em uma das bigornas dos macacos-prego do Parque Nacional de Ubajara é o gatinho mais fofo que você vai ver hoje! #cats #bigcats #cienciabr #cienciabrasileira

We now have a custom handle! @neoprego.org 🥳🐒

We are in Bluesky. See you there! https://bsky.app/profile/neoprego.bsky.social