Cyril C. Grueter

After 7 years in the making our book on #colobines has finally been published @CUP_LifeScience. We hope this will be a valuable source of information about these fascinating #primates for many years to come. @Teichroeb_Lab. @uwanews @ANHB_UWA @UWAresearch @CEB_UWA @ScienceUWA

Revisiting the species that defined my PhD years. So good to see the black-and-white #snubnosedmonkeys again in the mountains of Yunnan! @IntPrimate

Just out in Biological Reviews! My new paper highlights #intergrouppeace in primates: tolerance, affiliation etc. We propose a new framework for understanding these interactions, with insights into the roots of human cooperation. @UWAresearch @uwanews 📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

New paper alert! How does forest structure shape primate behavior? 🐒🌲 We studied black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys in Yunnan’s high-elevation forests using 10 years of observations, camera traps, and LiDAR (laser scanning of forest structure). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper out! Here we show that mountain gorilla groups in different parts of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park eat strikingly different diets but the nutritional quality of their key foods is surprisingly similar. @SavingGorillas @UWAresearch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

New paper out! Here we show that protecting giant pandas can also help safeguard the endangered golden #snubnosedmonkey, even under climate change. @UWAhumanscience @UWAresearch @uwanews conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

Very happy to share our new paper investigating compositionality in the vocal system of wild bonobos in @ScienceMagazine led by @BerthetMelissa w/@kokolopori! @snsf_ch @UZH_Science @NCCR_Language science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Just out: Our commentary on Mark Moffett’s thought-provoking Behavioral and Brain Sciences article, “What is a Society?” @UWAhumanscience @UWAresearch cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New paper out! We show that conserving primates in Yunnan can protect many threatened species and key ecosystem services. Prioritizing just 30% of forests could safeguard over half of carbon, water, and soil resources. @UWAresearch @uwanews conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Not just any stick. #Chimpanzees understand material properties & choose just the right #tools for the job. New study in @iScience_CP by an intl. research team led by @RunnerApe & @AdamvanC. @UniofOxford @MPI_EVA_Leipzig tinyurl.com/59c2wff4 & doi.org/10.1016/j.isci…

Great talk by @Teichroeb_Lab on the evolution of tiered primate societies, drawing on long-term research on Rwenzori colobus monkeys!

I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop on #multilevelsocieties at the @CHelveticum! Great opportunity to connect/reconnect with people who share a deep interest in social complexity @DamienFarine @andrea_migliano @Ecamerlenghi @Elva_Robinson @DanPapageorgiou collegium.ethz.ch/events/fellow-…

New paper alert! Here my collaborators and I show how long-term supplemental feeding can accelerate reproduction in black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys. @UWAhumanscience @UWAresearch @IntPrimate onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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.…

nature.com/articles/s4146… Honoured to be part of this study, using strontium isotope ratios from 778 environmental samples across 24 African countries to trace the African origins of individuals from historic slavery contexts @UWAhumanscience @uwanews @UWAresearch

Fieldwork orientation for my PhD student at the Qinling Giant Panda and Golden Monkey Research Station in Shaanxi @UWAresearch @UWAhumanscience

It was such a pleasure to catch up with my longtime friend and collaborator Prof. Qi Xiaoguang (the brilliant mind behind our 2023 Science paper) as well as his talented group of PhD students and postdocs at Northwest University in Xi'an @UWAresearch @UWAhumanscience

Had such a great day/evening with my colleagues at the Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation at Northwest University in Xi'an. Can’t believe I’ve known some of them for 22 years!

Primate fieldwork in #Shennongjia @UWAhumanscience @BiolSci_UWA @NewColomboPlan

Pre-fieldwork workshop at our cozy base in Muyu, Hubei, China @UWAhumanscience @BiolSci_UWA @NewColomboPlan #snubnosedmonkey

My @NewColomboPlan mobility program students had a fantastic time learning about biodiversity and ecological/behavioral research at Dali University in China and connecting with local students through fun activities @UWAhumanscience @BiolSci_UWA @uwanews