Taï Chimpanzee Project
@TaiChimpProject
Research on and conservation of wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, since 1979. Follow us: @taichimpproject.bsky.social
We feel very honoured for receiving a commendation in the International Primatological Society (IPS) Ethics, Diversity, Equality & Inclusivity awards for the Nimba Chimpanzee Project 🤩🙏❤️ @APE_Group_UZH @UZH_Science @JGISchweiz @IPS_PrimateNews
And congratulations to Jeanne Thiodet for successfully completing her Master's degree in Ethology (Uni Sorbonne), also with a First! Project with the GMP evaluating the impact of the anthropogenic gradient on behaviour of Barbary macaques. @CamBioanth
📣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
This might be universal in primates or even mammals ... Childhood trauma reduces chimpanzees reproductive success science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… And those without trauma build secure attachment nature.com/articles/s4156…
Childhood trauma reshapes your brain, disrupts your biology, and speeds up aging from the inside out. Here’s how to uncover the hidden root—and start reversing it today (by a PhD psychologist): 🧵
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 HB nature.com/articles/s4156…
Ursprünge der #Sprache. Freilebende #Schimpansen erweitern ihr Kommunikationsspektrum durch vielfältige Rufkombinationen. Neue Studie von einem Team um Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Cathy Crockford & Roman Wittig @CNRS @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @ISC_MJ @TaiChimpProject mpg.de/24672727/0506-…
Time to celebrate a new ANR-DFG funded project in collaboration with the stellar @DKaiserlab Stay totally tuned!!! 😎
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-biolog… @EleuteriVesta Andrea Ravignani, Catherine Hobaiter
Press release for the new paper by @TaiChimpProject on meaning alteration by combining chimpanzee calls ... Thanks to the great team for all their work. eva.mpg.de/press/news/art…
Read the news digest for our paper on meaning alteration by call combinations in #chimpanzees sciencenews.org/article/chimp-…
New paper alert 📢 from the @TaiChimpProject 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. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
New paer alert 📢 including data from @TaiChimpProject , chimpanzees show key elements of human musical rhythm with different rhythms in Eastern and Western #chimpanzees. Paper drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…
New paper alert! Have the courage to look them in the face! ...Their faces can tell us a lot! Filippo and Dayanna made a massive effort and studied the faces of cotton-top tamarins with deep learning—a striking step for our visual communication studies! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Breaking the 'us versus them' paradigm. Economic need and past actions affect whether there is #cooperation or antagonism between groups. Recent study by @mindismoving & @AnnePisor in @Journal_EHS. @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @PSU_Anthro tinyurl.com/p8m54ek3 & doi.org/10.1017/ehs.20…
News coverage of our paper on Signal traditions and cultural loss in chimpanzees: Male chimps ask for sex in different 'dialects' doi: 10.1126/science.zmq0xon

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Dialects in #chimpanzees. Human influence has led to cultural loss & calls for #conservation strategies to include preserving cultural distinctiveness. New study in @CurrentBiology by @MPI_EVA_Leipzig, @ISC_MJ & @TaiChimpProject. tinyurl.com/a7bhudk7 & doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…
Apply for a conservation, research or captive care grant up to the value of £1250! Applications must be submitted by the 1st March. For information about how to apply, and previous projects funded by PSGB, see the grants page of our website: buff.ly/48dv99h
Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information? @TownrowLuke and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly @PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
This research on chimpanzee culture and conservation, conducted by researchers from @CSRS_CIV and @CNRSbiologie showcases future research at the new International Research Lab Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Cultural Integrity, Abidjan (IRL ChiMP4CI). cell.com/current-biolog…