#WorldChimpanzeeDay seems a great time to share 2 #PhD opportunities on creativity in wild #chimps and #bonobos at University of Zurich @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social

Adapting the Facial Action Coding System for chimpanzees to bonobos YouTube video by PeerJ

The spotlight video for the ChimpFACS Extension for bonobos is out: youtu.be/qijxWubdyNU?...

(A) Juvenile (indicated in the canopy in purple) and silverback (indicated climbing on lower branch in yellow) Loango western gorillas. (B) Silverback Loango western gorilla. (C) Adult female and infant Bwindi mountain gorillas. (D) Silverback Bwindi mountain gorilla. Photo credits: Martha M. Robbins/MPI-EVA

"Gorillas are arboreal apes" http://dlvr.it/TLWKMx

@mpi-eva-leipzig@bsky.social Martha Robbins
@currentbiology.bsky.social

If you know an undergraduate researcher who would like to apply for a summer internship at Kyoto University, please direct them to the Amgen Scholars page — applications will be accepted until Feb. 1 2025. Can provide more information to anyone interested.
www.opir.kyoto-u.ac.jp/study/en/cur...

Probably the hardest study I ever carried out, with several measures from older adults looking at photos of dogs, including oxytocin, HR, and eye-tracking. Results were mixed, but probably suggest a picture of a dog is not enough for a positive effect! 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105221

One more AnimalFACS is out, this time for bonobos! The ChimpFACS extension for bonobos will now allow a cross-comparison of facial expressions between all apes in an objective way: peerj.com/articles/194...