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Lou Savigny

@lousvy.bsky.social

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PhD researcher at Utrecht University, Netherlands Exploring social learning and cultural evolution in bonobos She/her

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Danai Papageorgiou @danaipapageorgiou.bsky.social · 15d

Here we propose adding an 11th criterion to UNESCO’s framework to protect animal cultures—habitat protection alone isn’t enough. Excited to collaborate with philosophers @merikatariina.bsky.social & @birchlse.bsky.social on this!

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Protecting animal cultures as World Heritage - Nature Sustainability

It is becoming increasingly clear that animal cultures have intrinsic, irreplaceable value, and yet they are not adequately protected by preserving habitat. The time has come for UNESCO to explicitly protect non-human cultural heritage alongside human heritage.

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Oscar Nodé-Langlois @oscarnl.bsky.social · Mar 29

New Paper Alert: Why do chimpanzees have large tool kits? with @taichimpproject.bsky.social
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We found that like humans, chimpanzees seek social learning opportunities throughout their first decade of life, particularly for tool use.

Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny - Communications Biology

Social attention patterns suggest that wild chimpanzees learn from their mothers but also from many other tolerant group members across protracted development. This likely enables chimpanzees to learn...

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Lou Savigny @lousvy.bsky.social · Mar 2

Two fantastic days of knowledge sharing. Feeling more cultured!

Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · Feb 28

The Culture Conference 2025 is (already) finished after 2 days of amazing discussions!

 Thank you to everybody for attending and presenting, either online or in person!
We hope you spent 2 wonderful and exciting days in Utrecht, full of (social) learning and fascinating science discussions 🥳

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