Postdoc at the University of Zürich (CH). Researcher on primate communication, social behaviours, and language evolution. Photographer: https://xitter.cf/t.co/VC3qt0zmby
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Joined October 2013
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New paper! We highlight the remarkable expertise of local field assistants @BudongoChimps in interpreting chimpanzee pant-hoot calls—identifying who is calling, their age, sex, and context—revealing scientific knowledge built through years of experience. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.09…
This wouldn’t be possible without the long-term dedication and expertise of the field assistants and staff of @BudongoChimps, whose knowledge has sustained chimpanzee research and conservation for 30+ years. Here's a glimpse into their work in the forest🎥:vimeo.com/1066744455/925e057…
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Looking for a 📢job📢 in research and conservation? Apply for the position as camp manager at @TaiChimpProject. The position starts Jan 1, 2026, for 2+1 years and will be located in the middle of Taï National Park. Apply here 👇 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/IR…
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To study emotions in free-ranging #animals, researchers rely on what they see: but inferring #emotions from #behavior is not enough! Our new preprint discusses how #technology could help us better understand animal affect under naturalistic conditions
🚨 osf.io/preprints/osf/7tk9e_v…
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📣ATTENTION!!! Two PhD positions on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees and Bonobos 🤩@snsf_ch @UZH_en @univofstandrews Come join @APE_Group_UZH & Wild Minds Lab @NakedPrimate ✨Please RT✨ @EFPrimatology @PsgbStudent @BiologicalAnth @IPS_PrimateNews @PrimateEducate
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New research suggests infant-directed communication expanded in humans and likely emerged after diverging from our great ape common ancestor approximately 6 to 8 million years ago.
Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: scim.ag/44n6oaT
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Delighted to see our new paper out in @ScienceAdvances investigating the evolution of infant directed communication, led by Franziska Wegdell, Johanna Schick and Caroline Fryns @UZH_Science @cog_comp_Neuch
New research suggests infant-directed communication expanded in humans and likely emerged after diverging from our great ape common ancestor approximately 6 to 8 million years ago.
Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: scim.ag/44n6oaT
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🚨 1 more week to apply!! 🚨
2 PhD positions in my group on cross-species comparisons & #development of joint action, #communication & #emotion in #chimpanzees and #children at @UniKonstanz @CBehav - DM me about questions ☺️
Application deadline: 16.06.25
Start date: 1.10.25
Interested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) @UniKonstanz @CBehav 👇 links below!
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Did you know that chimps got rhythm??🥁 🎶 Our new study is out in Current Biology showing that chimps drum rhythmically with key elements of human musical rhythm, and that different chimp subspecies have different rhythms! @NakedPrimate @AndreaRavignani
Chimpanzee subspecies drum with distinct rhythms; a finding that could shed light on the building blocks of human musicality. 🥁
See an example of drumming below and learn more in @currentbiology:
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
@EleuteriVesta Andrea Ravignani, Catherine Hobaiter
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TLDR: new paper headed up by @EleuteriVesta
& with an awesome team, incl @AndreaRavignani , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms!
But didn’t we know this already you ask? Well… 🧵1/16
Chimpanzee subspecies drum with distinct rhythms; a finding that could shed light on the building blocks of human musicality. 🥁
See an example of drumming below and learn more in @currentbiology:
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
@EleuteriVesta Andrea Ravignani, Catherine Hobaiter
Dr Adrian Soldati (🦋@adriansoldati.bsky.social) retweeted
Chimpanzee subspecies drum with distinct rhythms; a finding that could shed light on the building blocks of human musicality. 🥁
See an example of drumming below and learn more in @currentbiology:
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
@EleuteriVesta Andrea Ravignani, Catherine Hobaiter
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We are looking for applicants for the Kokolopori Research Fellowship. Fellows will spend one year in remote Congo gaining experience with behavioral data collection on wild, habituated bonobos. Check out the full posting below and apply now! 🌿📷 📝
Our new paper is out!🐒🔊
Studying two wild chimpanzee populations, we found they flexibly adjust pant hoot acoustics to context (feed vs. travel). Most patterns are shared, but some community differences may suggest a small role for vocal usage learning.
doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.20…
Excited to share my @TEDx talk! At Geneva’s 'Being Intelligent' event, I explored how studying chimpanzees reveals the roots of human social intelligence—and what it means for our future. youtube.com/watch?v=BVFdAxDf…
Huge thanks to the organisers, speakers & everyone who supported me!
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🚨RT!
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @JohnsHopkins (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
ALT The Social & Cognitive Origins Group at Johns Hopkins University studies how humans and other animals think.
Dr Adrian Soldati (🦋@adriansoldati.bsky.social) retweeted
🌿 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!
🚨Very happy to finally share the last chapter from my PhD where we show that the vocal development of wild chimpanzees is enhanced by both greater social and vocal exposure: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
With @fedurekp, G Dezecache, G Muhumuza, @NakedPrimate, @cog_comp_Neuch, & J Call
ALT Mother and daughter wild chimpanzees calling together in response to a long-distance pant hoot vocalisation from their group members.
🐵📣To read more about the development of pant hoots, here we showed that chimpanzees produce these complex vocal sequences from birth in a rudimentary way (+ details from direct observation of birth in the wild!): link.springer.com/article/10…
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Exciting PhD Opportunity! Branching out from ants we are looking for a motivated and curious PhD student who wants to study why chimps apply insects on their wounds! 🦧🪰🚑Focus is on the insect side of course, so if you want to know more, follow the 🧵 (1/6)
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🎉Exciting news! Our lab's first paper, "Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates," is now published in @Science! 🐒 Dive into our findings on how marmoset monkeys use vocal labels similar to human names and dialects. Check it out! 1/6
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
