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EthoS @ethos-research.bsky.social · 2d

Last week, our own @berthetmelissa.bsky.social & @maelmleroux.bsky.social were at the @lasfdp.bsky.social 2025 conference.
First congress as official board members, and Mélissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇵 La semaine dernière s'est déroulé le 37ème colloque de la SFDP à Poitiers et nous étions présents pour parler terrain!

🇬🇧 Last week was the 37th conference of the SFDP in Poitiers and we were present to talk about the field!

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Palevoprim @palevoprim.bsky.social · 3d

👋 Félicitations à Zoé Nowicki @palevoprim.bsky.social qui a reçu le prix du doctorat de la #SFDP2025 ! @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 5d

We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 15d

Endometriosis research has been chronically underfunded even though it affects a large population of women and can be detrimental to those with it.

So let's spend the little funding it gets to study how hard it is on the men.

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Study question: What is the impact of endometriosis on male partners of women with the condition?

Summary answer: Endometriosis significantly impacts men across several life domains and can negatively impact emotional well-being.

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Published: 21 December 2024

Understanding endometriosis underfunding and its detrimental impact on awareness and research

Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women globally. Many individuals with endometriosis face complex journeys through the healthcare system, set against a backdrop of historically underfunded research into women's health. This study investigates the funding allocated to endometriosis up to 2023 by analysing the top 100 granting foundations in Denmark and comparing it to diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease, with similar prevalence and impact. We found that endometriosis remains significantly underfunded.

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 17d

2025. Smart dogs have a humanlike knack for naming new objects | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Smart dogs have a humanlike knack for naming new objects

In games with toys, “gifted” dogs can extend names to new objects with the same purpose as known ones

www.science.org

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Mélissa Berthet @berthetmelissa.bsky.social · 21d

Really nice coverage of our work on bonobo syntax with Simon Townsend and Martin Surbeck, by @rfieldmouse.bsky.social. Thanks so much, Rachel!

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?

The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

www.nature.com

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 23d

The call for Max Planck Research Groups 2025 is open (9 Sep–14 Oct). Postdocs can launch independent careers w/ 6+ yrs, budget, team & world-class support.
👉 mpg.de/max-planck-research-groups
#AcademicJobs #PostdocOpportunities #PostdocAppreciationWeek

Max Planck Research Groups

Max Planck Research Groups have been a key part of support of junior scientists for over 50 years. They provide postdocs with a first-rate support to help them on their scientific career paths – the a...

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EFP2026 @efp2026.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Call for Symposia is open!

Submit your symposia proposals for EFP2026! Share innovative primatology topics and help shape the scientific programme.

🗓 Deadline: 17 Nov 2025
🔗 Submit: forms.gle/WmGZHwviZB7C...
🌐 Conf website: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/
📩 Mailing list: forms.gle/jcZKhJj6KdVv...

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Juliette Aychet @julietteaychet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our new chapter is out! 📢 Co-first-authored with @mawadafreville.bsky.social with attentive supervision of @chacanteloup.bsky.social🤗

How has intentionality been theorised in developmental psychology and primatology, and how is it studied in animal signals?🐒🦜👶 Take a look 👇 doi.org/10.1016/B978...

Intentional Communication in Animals

The evolutionary origins of human language are deeply intertwined with the ability to communicate intentionally. Grounded in frameworks from developme…

www.sciencedirect.com

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · Aug 25

Are you like me and struggle to choose colors for your charts?
I recently found the colorspace package, and it's a total game-changer.
cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

Load the package, run 'pal<-choose_palette()' and a GUI shows you color combos! Check out my example with #TidyTuesday data:

Positron IDE open showing R code and colorspace GUI

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · Aug 19

The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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La Société Francophone de Primatologie @lasfdp.bsky.social · Aug 19

#voxprimato #job
Poste de direction du Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, États-Unis
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Katie Cronin, PhD @katieacronin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great opportunity* for a primatologist to lead #LincolnParkZoo Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes in Chicago! #animalwelfare #primates #animalwelfare #job #PhD

*first-hand knowledge ;)
apply here: shorturl.at/0502P
learn about the Fisher Center here: shorturl.at/Ejahn

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La Société Francophone de Primatologie @lasfdp.bsky.social · Aug 19

#vocprimato #job
Trois postes de Junior Group Leader en Évolution Humaine (primates non humains inclus!) au sein du Human Origins Cluster de l’Université de Tübingen en Allemagne dont un en Biomécanique et l’autre en Archéologie Expérimentale
Date limite 10/09
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 7

Job Alerts!🚨 We are looking to fill three Independent Junior Research Group Leader positions in the 'HUMAN ORIGINS' Cluster of Excellence at the University of Tübingen
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026

1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100%)

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La Société Francophone de Primatologie @lasfdp.bsky.social · Aug 19

#voxprimato #bourses
L’université de Vienne (Autriche) lance son Advanced Studies Center et offre des bourses de recherche toutes thématiques confondues (par exemple au department d’étude de la biologie du comportement et de la cognition)
Date limite 01/09!
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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Aug 4

The University of Vienna launches #ViCAS to foster innovative, interdisciplinary #research and to create a space where ideas thrive beyond borders - #academic, disciplinary, and national. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬
Find out more about ViCAS and its #fellowships: ⤵️🔍
vicas.univie.ac.at
#AcademicSky #edusky #PhDSky

✨ Join ViCAS - Vienna Center for Advanced Studies | University of Vienna

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Shumon T. Hussain @shumon.bsky.social · Aug 18

We will soon advertise these two post-doc positions (multispecies archaeology + primatology): zoogestures.uni-koeln.de/opportunities

Opportunities

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Aug 18

📖Published📖

Price et al. present an open-source easy-to-use workflow, using zebras as an example, that can detect individuals in their natural environment and automatically infer their atomic scale behaviours of standing, grazing, walking and running 🦓

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present an open-source easy-to-use workflow, using zebras as an example, that can detect individuals in their natural environment and automatically infer their atomic scale behaviours of standing, grazing, walking and running

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Aug 10

I also recommend the resources curated by @skepticalscience.bsky.social. For example, this list is categorized by type of argument (it's not real, it's not humans, it's not bad, etc.) and each response has many links to the original peer-reviewed science. skepticalscience.com/argument.php...

Skeptical Science: Climate Myths

Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are war...

skepticalscience.com

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European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · Aug 7

Postdoc (80%) in the Cognition Lab at University of Zurich, Switzerland

We are looking for a postdoc to work with us on the capacity limits of cognition (working memory, attention, long-term memory, ...).

Application deadline: 10 September 2025

ESCOP - Postdoc (80%) in the Cognition Lab at University of Zurich, Switzerland

ESCOP is a dynamic scientific society that provides a venue within which current research in cognitive psychology and neighboring disciplines can be presented, discussed and encouraged.

www.escop.eu

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 8

Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years.

It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat. #InternationalCatDay scim.ag/4lg3wTp

How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat

“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 6

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

Study finds female mountain gorillas prefer to join 'buddies'

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

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Vic Martignac @vicmartignac.bsky.social · Aug 6

So happy to see my first PhD paper out royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

With my amazing supervisor @robinmorrison.bsky.social and the @savinggorillas.bsky.social, we examined female dispersal decisions in mountain gorillas.

Dispersed female networks: female gorillas’ inter-group relationships influence dispersal decisions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Dispersal is a fundamental aspect of many animal societies, impacting gene flow, knowledge transmission, culture and individual fitness. However, little is known about the information individuals use when dispersing. Mountain gorillas exhibit a flexible ...

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Mélissa Berthet @berthetmelissa.bsky.social · Aug 6

Super cool work from a super cool team 👏

Laura C. Dees @lauradees.bsky.social · Aug 5

So happy that this paper lead by Joseph Mine is finally out! Was cool to be part of this project on the social learning of multi-modal communication in chimpanzees, which is slightly outside of my usual scope (and it’s my first co-authored paper too, yay!) :) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Chimpanzee mothers, but not fathers, influence offspring vocal–visual communicative behavior

The influence of social versus genetic factors on communication in non-human hominids is not well understood. This study shows that, in line with their central caretaking role, chimpanzees exhibit pre...

journals.plos.org

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Laura C. Dees @lauradees.bsky.social · Aug 5

So happy that this paper lead by Joseph Mine is finally out! Was cool to be part of this project on the social learning of multi-modal communication in chimpanzees, which is slightly outside of my usual scope (and it’s my first co-authored paper too, yay!) :) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Chimpanzee mothers, but not fathers, influence offspring vocal–visual communicative behavior

The influence of social versus genetic factors on communication in non-human hominids is not well understood. This study shows that, in line with their central caretaking role, chimpanzees exhibit pre...

journals.plos.org

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