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New Paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! 🎉 Sequence organization of mother–infant interactions in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the wild. See the thread below for a quick explanation, and check out the paper:
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Sequence organization of mother–infant interactions in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the wild | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Sequence organization is a fundamental feature of human communication, shaping our interactions. This organization underlies interactions with and without language, appears early in human development ...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.2271
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Amazing work of my colleague Jolinde for wrangling all the data and making some stunning figures in the process! + interesting results as well!
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New Paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! 🎉 Sequence organization of mother–infant interactions in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the wild. See the thread below for a quick explanation, and check out the paper:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Sequence organization of mother–infant interactions in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the wild | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Sequence organization is a fundamental feature of human communication, shaping our interactions. This organization underlies interactions with and without language, appears early in human development ...
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.2271
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Elena Belli
about 1 month ago
I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞 Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
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Mélissa Berthet
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🚨 With Simon Townsend (
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos
Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (the combination’s meaning is the sum ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv1170
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Ethics, Diversity and Inclusivity group, EFP
about 1 year ago
And... We are up and running! We are thrilled to announce the creation of the Ethics, Diversity and Inclusivity group of the EFP! 🥳 We aim to discuss and implement short-, medium- and long-term actions to mediate EDI issues in primatology. If you want to join, email us at edi4efp(at)gmail.com!
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