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This wouldn’t be possible without the long-term dedication and expertise of the field assistants and staff of BCFS, whose knowledge has sustained chimpanzee research and conservation for 30+ years. Here's a glimpse into their work in the forest🎥: vimeo.com/1066744455/9...

New paper out👂📢🐒! We highlight the remarkable expertise of local field assistants at BCFS (Uganda) in interpreting chimpanzee pant-hoot calls—identifying who is calling, their age, sex, and context—revealing scientific knowledge built through years of experience. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

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....

TLDR: new paper headed up by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social
& with an awesome team, incl @andrearavignani.bsky.social , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms!

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But didn’t we know this already you ask? Well… 🧵1/16

Thanks to all the co-authors: Katie Slocombe, Josep Call, Klaus Zuberbühler @cogcompneuch.bsky.social, Erik Willems, and @pawel-fedurek.bsky.social. Thanks also to the Budongo Conservation Field Station and the Kibale Chimpanzee Project!

Our new paper is out! 🐒🔊
We compared two wild chimpanzee populations and found that individuals adjust pant hoot acoustics based on context (feeding vs. travelling). Most patterns are shared, but subtle community differences may hint at a small role for vocal usage learning.
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...