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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · 12d

Come and work with me on the protection of the Taï chimpanzees.👇

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 12d

Working for and with the chimps at @taichimpproject.bsky.social ... this can develop into a PhD project 🎓

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 13d

📢JOB alert📢
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇

emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Aug 9

Congrats to first author Mathilde Grampp and a great team of collaborators amongst: @tozbu.bsky.social @lirsamuni.bsky.social @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢New paper alert 📢
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...

Reciprocal Signaling During Approaches Relates to Close Relationships Within and Between Two Primate Species — Animal Behavior and Cognition

www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢New paper alert 📢
Signalling during approaches in two sympatric primates species indicates that strong fission-fusion dynamics increase challenges related to coordination and relationship maintenance, promoting signaling production and reciprocity.
www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?...

Reciprocal Signaling During Approaches Relates to Close Relationships Within and Between Two Primate Species — Animal Behavior and Cognition

www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Jul 26

I did my undergraduate and Diplom (MSc) in Bielefeld. Super start to really understand the principles of Animal Behaviour. It will be a great start for a successful career ...

EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jul 26

Bielefeld University seeks a postdoc for a 6-year scientific assistant position in Animal Behaviour, starting March 2026. Apply by Sept 10, 2025. More info: www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/biologie/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/behaviour #job

Animal Behaviour - Bielefeld University

With a team of over 50 people, the different research groups study animal behaviour within the framework of the four questions of Tinbergen, both in the lab and in the field. Current model systems include laboratory studies on zebra finches (

www.uni-bielefeld.de

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today is #WorldChimpanzeeDay in memory of the first day that #JaneGodall started her long-term study on the Gombe chimpanzees in 1960. 65 years of following the chimps at the shore of Lake Tanganyika. Today chimpanzees are endangered to get extinct. The Western chimpanzee is critically endangered.

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · Jul 14

How do broomrapes find their hosts? How can they specialise on different hosts? Enter the astonishing world of strigolactones
. youtu.be/mUp9n_RW2eg?...

Host-specific broomrapes: the role of strigolactone cocktails

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · Jul 11

Look out for the epic story of Homo sapiens ...

Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jul 11

Premieres On September 18, 2025 1AM on PBS: Human. Follow the epic story of Homo sapiens as they outlast other human species and spread across the globe www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/se...

Human

Follow the epic story of Homo sapiens as they outlast other human species and spread across the globe.

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is what we need: criminalizing creation of disinformation. As Pierre-Henri Gouyon said follow the money lto know if results hold an independent test. Oil and chemical industry will fuel any doubt in climate change and biodiversity loss due to their actions.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

UN rapporteur calls for ban on fossil fuel ads and criminalizing of disinformation

A United Nations expert is calling for an urgent shift away from fossil fuels by the global economy, including a ban on advertisements or promotions, and the criminalization of misinformation from the...

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Jul 5

Great work done by @elerolland.bsky.social at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Looking forward to follow ups

CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · Jun 27

Les chimpanzés sauvages présentent des liens familiaux sans troubles graves de l’attachement 🐒

✍️ ‪ @elerolland.bsky.social‬
👋 @cnrs-rhoneauvergne.bsky.social‬ @isc-mj.bsky.social‬

Lire l'article dans @nathumbehav.nature.com‬
👉 buff.ly/7OiU0lV

Chimpanzés sauvages : des liens familiaux sans troubles graves de l’attachement

Dans une étude publiée dans Nature Human Behaviour des scientifiques ont id

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Jun 30

If you want to learn about principles in ecology ... this is your channel !!!

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · Jun 30

Here comes the sun ...
youtube.com/watch?v=6MUX...

Albedo and its environmental consequences

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Nicola Crockford @numenini.bsky.social · Jun 19

To end this 🧵, a video to illustrate how an evening swim at La Réserve de Nice, in the warm, clear waters of the Mediterranean, filled with a diverse array of beautiful fish & other marine life, was the perfect way to end days at #UNOC3 discussing how to save the world's coastal ecosystems. 14/14

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · Jun 21

Social engineering includes the oil and chemical industry. Follow the money 💰!!!

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · Jun 21

Follow the money and think critically, said Pierre-Henri Gouyon during the 60 year anniversary symposium at Branféré, when he explained how the tobacco industry has manipulated public opinion through social engineering, a practice taken over by the pharma industry to plant doubt into the public.

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High Seas Alliance @highseasalliance.bsky.social · Jun 9

President Macron opens #UNOC3 today with hope for the future of our shared ocean, the High Seas, announcing that 15 more countries have formally committed to join the #RaceForRatification! 🎉We’re looking forward to hearing who those are as we get closer and closer to the 60!

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · May 31

Another great paper from the Budongo chimpanzees. Another good reason to support research with money over decades. Thanks to Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Budongo Conservation Field Station, Vernon Reynolds, Klaus Zuberbühler and Cat Hobaiter.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

Frontiers | Self-directed and prosocial wound care, snare removal, and hygiene behaviors amongst the Budongo chimpanzees

Understanding the cognitive and social foundations of healthcare behaviors in humans requires examining their evolutionary precursors in our closest living r...

www.frontiersin.org

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · May 31

“Something had been loosened worldwide,” with rage everywhere. We all recognise this rage but Ardern was at the centre, representing progressive politics, tough Covid measures, empathy, emotion, anti-racism, femaleness; a symbol of a different time, more rational, kinder, when rules meant something”

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America

Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Gua...

www.theguardian.com

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · May 23

When chimpanzee Emma died in Jan 2018 and we were able to extract the first brain of a wild #chimpanzee for postmortem MRI scans, none of us thinking we would find such an arcuate fascicle ... thanks to @lirsamuni.bsky.social who was with Emma to the bitter end 🙏

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network - Nature Communications

The arcuate fascicle connection with the middle temporal gyrus has been considered unique to humans. Using high-resolution diffusion MRI, the authors systematically show this connection in chimpanzees...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 23

Another researcher from the Tai Chimpanzee Project talking about his research on @socwithsci.bsky.social: This time @jangogarten.bsky.social from the @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social, who is working with @taichimpproject.bsky.social since 2012.

www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

Jan Gogarten is searching for the next deadly germ (he’s a wildlife disease ecologist) - Socializing with Scientists

Jan was born in Germany, but he grew up in the US: his parents moved after Chernobyl, because their lab Geiger counter showed high radiation levels despite being hundreds of miles from the reactor.&nb...

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · May 15

🎧 Hear about the real life of evolutionary biologist Cédric Girard-Buttoz. New episode out today!

Work by:
@tozbu.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@mpicbs.bsky.social
@taichimpproject.bsky.social
@romanwittig.bsky.social

#chimpanzees #language

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Cédric Girard-Buttoz learns the language of chimps (he's an evolutionary biologist) - Socializing with Scientists

When he was six years old, Cédric wanted to be Tarzan, following monkeys around the forest and studying their behavior.He has pretty much made his dream come true. Cédric Girard-Buttoz has researched ...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Balthasar Bickel @balthasarbickel.bsky.social · May 20

‼️ PhD opportunity: join a vibrant community working on language evolution @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social please spread widely www.isle.uzh.ch/en/jobs/phd-...

www.isle.uzh.ch

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · May 12

Excellent work by @elerolland.bsky.social and members of the @taichimpproject.bsky.social ... attachment styles in wild #chimpanzees

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 12

New paper alert 📢
Young wild chimpanzees from the @taichimpproject.bsky.social show attachment types with their mothers similar to human children. Only they do not display patterns related to disorganized attachment. Read our new paper in Nature Human Behavior

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evidence of organized but not disorganized attachment in wild Western chimpanzee offspring (Pan troglodytes verus) - Nature Human Behaviour

This study of 50 wild Western chimpanzee mother–offspring dyads revealed no evidence of disorganized attachment. Instead, offspring exhibited secure-like and insecure avoidant-like behaviours during t...

www.nature.com

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · May 10

Right for the weekend!

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 10

99 most iconic moments from Sir David Attenborough. 😍
youtu.be/sFIwdpusP1k

99 Iconic Moments From Sir David Attenborough | BBC Earth

YouTube video by BBC Earth

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 9

Some first news digests regarding the new paper on call combinations and how #chimpanzees create new meaning. This is very exciting to see this finally out. Thanks to a great team.

www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · May 9

Whopper paper ... a must to read to understand the Evolution of Language!

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 9

New paper alert 📢 from the @taichimpproject.bsky.social
Chimpanzees combine calls to alter meaning in different ways. #chimpanzees expand messaging by creating new meanings, modifying meanings or adding meanings together. Thanks to a great team for all the hard work.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion

Chimpanzees uniquely use diverse combinatorial mechanisms to alter meaning in call combinations.

www.science.org

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Roman Wittig @romanwittig.bsky.social · May 9

Great collaboration with @nakedprimate.bsky.social and many others.

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · May 9

New paper alert 📢 including data from the Taï Chimpanzee Project: Chimpanzee drumming shows key elements of human musical rhythm with Eastern (P.t.s.) and Western (P.t.v.) #chimpanzees showing different rhythms.

Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

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....

www.cell.com

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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · May 8

🎉Congratulations!

We're delighted to share the news that Prof @billsutherland.bsky.social has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. @amphilsociety.bsky.social

Read more: bit.ly/4mctitG

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