Thrilled to be awarded a @leverhulme.ac.uk Research Project Grant! We’ll investigate how primates use facial expressions to construct mental representations of their social world.

Jobs coming soon, watch this space: 3-year postdoc + PhD position available 👀

🌿Apply now! 🌿🦒🐘🦓🌍
We’re thrilled to announce that applications for Animove are NOW OPEN
This year our workshop will take place in Africa @mpalarc.bsky.social . Learn cutting-edge methods in animal movement analysis. We can't wait to see your application come through. See you at #Mpala 🇰🇪

New OA paper @royalsocietypublishing.org: What can we learn from bonobos and bottlenose dolphins about the evolution of between-group cooperation?

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Lovely collab with @lirsamuni.bsky.social Martin Surbeck and Richard Connor.

An incredibly exciting field site with algae fishing chimps - What’s not to love? Apply if you’re interested!

If journals can’t weed out fictional references, what on earth are they being paid hundreds of thousands from university libraries to do?! They don’t even review the papers themselves!

🌍✨ Still time to apply! The MBCP is looking for a Field Site Manager to join us in one of the most beautiful parks on the planet—work with an amazing team, semi-habituated chimps, and boost your project management chops for a career in #conservation or #research.

Info ➡️ bit.ly/MBCPmanager2025

Liran Samuni shaking ASAB president Melissa Batesons hand

Liran Samuni in front of a slide with bonobos and chimps reading “What can chimpanzees and bonobos teach us about the evolution of cooperation and conflict? Liran Samuni” DPZ Emmy northern programm

Congrats to Christopher Barnard Award winner @lirsamuni.bsky.social ! You’ve done some really fantastic work 😍

There’s also nothing like some chimp and bonobo vocalizations to wake everyone up from the after-lunch slump 🙉🙉🙉 #ASABSpring2025

Female solidarity keeps male bonobos in check Study on wild bonobos reveals that females team up to maintain power in their societies

Bonobo societies are famous for being “female dominant.” But females are weaker than males, so how can this be? Study by Barbara Fruth and Martin Surbeck on wild bonobos explains how.

Hint: it has to do with female solidarity.

Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...

www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...

🌿 Become a Field Site Manager for the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project in Guinea! 🌿 We're seeking a dedicated individual to oversee operations and support research starting as early as April 2025. Be part of a team exploring chimpanzee behavioral ecology in the stunning PNMB!

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Two fully funded, primate-focused PhD studentships up for grabs at @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social:
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H! I'm Noah and I've just started my PhD at Deutsches Primatenzentrum studying chimps!
I'm looking at how climate change impacts their sociality, grouping patterns and intergroup activity.
Joined to follow research, connect with other primatologists, and share interesting papers!